1921 – The beginning of the Rand Rebellion in Southern Africa; the rebellion started as a strike by white mineworkers on and became an open armed rebellion against the state
1944 – Former Wash 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross
1961 – 50th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Melbourne (5-0)
1967 – Muriel Siebert is 1st woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange
1968 – 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1)
1985 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss World
1994 – David Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG)
1997 – Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship
2009 – Scarlett Johansson makes her debut on Broadway in the Arthur Miller play “A View from the Bridge”