1832 – Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
1957 – The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force
1969 – Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
1969 – Lindy’s Pride wins Hambletonian Stakes
1990 – Market prices plunge as OPEC nears informal agreement to increase output to cover shortfall due to invasion; cash market trading experiences abrupt decline.
1993 – Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives
1995 – 95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
1996 – Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Detroit Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning
2004 – In a huge upset in the men’s basketball semi final at the Athens Olympics, Argentina beats a star-studded but unsettled US team 89-81; they go on to take gold and US bronze
2006 – Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia killing 49 of 50 on board