1881 – Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small “crowd” of 12
1912 – W. C. Handy publishes “Memphis Blues”, considered the 1st blues song
1921 – American swimmer Johnny Weismuller sets his first 2 world records in the 100m and 150yd freestyle events the A.A.U. Nationals meet in Brighton Beach, NY
1938 – Jewish lawyers forbidden to practise in Germany
1940 – Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
1963 – At 10:59 AM census clock, records US population at 190,000,000
1979 – Elton John, sick with flu, collapses in the Hollywood Universal Amphitheater
1996 – The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
2015 – “Junts per Si” pro-independence alliance win parliamentary majority in Catalonia
2018 – India’s Supreme Court rules overturns 158-year old rule, section 497, decriminalizing adultery because it was discriminatory against women