767 – St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1583 – Duke Frans de Valois returns to France
1935 – Earl Averill’s consecutive-game streak ends at 673
1950 – North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
1954 – 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1962 – Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
1974 – Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1977 – Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1992 – Italian government of Amato forms
2017 – Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft