1829 – Walker’s Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
1920 – 8 Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted by a grand jury, charged with fixing 1919 World Series; infamous “Black Sox scandal”
1930 – Lou Gehrig’s errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
1959 – “Hennesey” debuts on CBS-TV
1972 – David Bowie sells out his 1st show at NYC’s Carnegie Hall
1981 – “Physical” single released by Olivia Newton-John (Billboard Song of the Year 1982)
1988 – Despite totally dominating his sport for 14 years, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka wins his only Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m at the Seoul Games
1995 – Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
1995 – Dennis Martínez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett’s jaw in Indians 12-4 win
1996 – 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka