1786 – Shay’s Rebellion in Springfield, Massachusetts
1831 – Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer
1838 – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm announce their intention to publish a German Dictionary, eventually completed in 1961, after 123 years
1896 – Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1965 – Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5
1988 – USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2012 – 69th Venice Film Festival: “Pieta” directed by Kim Ki-duk wins Golden Lion
2012 – Banana Spider venom is found to be effective in relieving erectile dysfunction
2016 – Italian coastguard says 6,500 migrants rescued at sea in 40 separate incidents in 1 day off coast of Sabratha, Libya