1721 – Tsar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy
1904 – John Millington Synge’s play “Riders to the Sea” premieres in Dublin
1932 – 1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem
1938 – Ian Hay’s “Bachelor Born” premieres in NYC
1960 – Wilt Chamberlain scores 58 points, the most ever by an NBA rookie, as Philadelphia Warriors beat Detroit Pistons, 127-117 at Bethlehem, PA
1966 – WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
1974 – Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald’s buys San Diego Padres baseball team for $12 million
1979 – 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
1988 – Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
2013 – Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding