1908 – The English Newspaper the Daily Telegraph prints an interview with Germany’s Emperor Wilhelm II, who characterises himself as personally friendly to Britain but suggests the German people are hostile, causing uproar in both countries
1914 – Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
1924 – White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, with fewer than 20 fans in attendance
1939 – Warner Bros releases the gangster film “The Roaring Twenties,” directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart
1940 – Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Florence, Italy
1986 – Stanley E. Hubbard’s KOB sells the company’s Albuquerque, New Mexico, radio stations KOB-AM and KOB-FM; the stations change their call signs to KKOB
1995 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park, winners are Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled’s Song
2018 – Political crisis in Sri Lanka after President Sirisena sacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and the cabinet, and suspends parliament for two weeks with one man killed in protests