1882 – 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester)
1924 – Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH
1926 – Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant
1932 – Poona Act signed by Madan Mohan Malaviya and B R. Amedkar in India, reserving legislative seats for depressed classes (untouchables)
1939 – German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs
1961 – KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1986 – Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits SF Giants, 2-0
1997 – Marv Albert plea bargains in assault case
2003 – A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of HokkaidÅ, Japan.
2012 – 50 Taiwanese ships clash with the Japan Coast Guard in waters off the Senkaku Islands