1237 – Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeats the Second Lombard League
1885 – 1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague
1945 – General George Marshall named special US envoy to China
1950 – Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
1956 – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s “The Diary of Anne Frank” premieres in Netherlands
1966 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Kathy Whitworth wins back-to-back titles by 2 shots from Judy Kimball and Mary Mills
1973 – Neil Simon’s play “Good Doctor” premieres in NYC
1982 – Davis Cup, Grenoble, France: US takes unassailable, 3-0 lead over France as John McEnroe and Peter Flemming take the doubles 6-3, 6-4, 9-7 over Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah; tie ends 4-1
2017 – 8 Donkeys freed from jail after 4 days in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India for eating plants
2017 – Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis