1095 – Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus
1804 – Thomas Jefferson nominated for US President at Democratic-Republican caucus
1862 – Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving and Printing to print newly issued US paper currency, the United States Notes
1913 – The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution becomes law, providing the legal basis for the institution of a graduated income tax
1921 – The Living Buddha, Hutuktu, is crowned King of Mongolia as the country declares independence from China
1938 – Lord Halifax becomes British Foreign Secretary
1961 – Niagara ends St Bonaventura’s 99-game home basketball win streak
1971 – P Zindel’s “And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little” premieres in NYC
1974 – Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
1993 – Pakistan all out 43 v West Indies, world one-day int record low