1147 – Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum
1828 – St Katharine Docks opens in London, England
1942 – Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins
1953 – Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th Symphony
1955 – Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates
1964 – The Rolling Stones make their 1st appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”; they perform a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Around and Around,” and their own hit “Time Is On My Side”
1968 – Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler
1975 – USSR’s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing
1983 – US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!)
1992 – “Dancing at Lughnasa” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 421 performances