1569 – Pope Pius V names Cosimo I de’Medici, Duke of Florence as Grand Duke of Tuscany
1626 – Battle of Lutter: Catholic League defeats Danish King Christian IV
1928 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Helen Wills defeats fellow American Helen Jacobs 6–2, 6–1 for her 5th of 7 US singles crowns
1934 – Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, and Yip Harburg’s musical “Life Begins at 8:40,” starring Ray Bolger and Luella Gear, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, and runs for 237 performances
1950 – First transmission of a TV program from continental Europe airs on the BBC
1960 – Anita Lonsbrough swims a 200 m breaststroke world and Olympic record of 2:49.5
1972 – The Grateful Dead holds a benefit concert for the Springfield Creamery (a yogurt company owned by writer Ken Kesey’s brother) at the Old Renaissance Faire Grounds in Veneta, Oregon
1984 – The USSR performs an underground nuclear test