1665 – Height of the Great Plague of London as 7,165 people die throughout the previous week
1917 – British assault on Menin-street, France
1955 – NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1968 – “Oliver!” directed by Carol Reed and starring Mark Lester and Ron Moody premieres in London (Best Picture 1969)
1970 – The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
1988 – Soviet throwers sweep the medals in the hammer throw at the Seoul Olympics; Sergey Litvinov wins gold with an Olympic record 84.80m ahead of teammates Yuriy Sedykh and Jüri Tamm
1992 – 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
1995 – “George” magazine premieres, published by John F. Kennedy Jr
2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2007 – Shinzō Abe formally ends his first term as Prime Minister of Japan