1918 – Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY
1927 – Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
1947 – New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra starts a record 148 game errorless streak
1992 – Dimitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychenko, Veniamin Taianovitch and Evgueni Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95)
1997 – Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
1997 – British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on 2nd playoff hole against countryman John Bland
2003 – A group of 321 Filipino armed soldiers called “Magdalo” take over Oakwood Premier Ayala Center in Makati City to show Filipino people the alleged corruption of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration
2005 – NASA postpones all Shuttle flights, pending an investigation into the foam-shedding problem on Discovery’s external tanks
2014 – Obama reaffirms Israel’s “right to defend itself”, but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza
2022 – 170-carat pink diamond the “Lulo Rose,” thought to be largest discovered in 300 years, announced found in Angola