1691 – Charles Perrault’s poem “The Marquise of Salusses or the Patience of Griselidis” is read aloud at the French Academy and later attached to his “Tales of Mother Goose” (1697)
1937 – General Franco’s Nationalist troops conquer Santander during the Spanish Civil War
1956 – Yankees announce the purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from Kansas City
1967 – Dutch Second Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
1977 – Ian Dury releases the single “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll”
2004 – An American 1-2-3 in the 200 m medals at the Athens Olympics; Shawn Crawford wins gold in 19.79 ahead of Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin
2011 – The 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA
2015 – WDBJ TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward are fatally shot live on TV by an ex-colleague in Moneta, Virginia