1503 – Battle of Garigliano: Spanish army under General Cordoba defeats French forces
1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle
1851 – 1st American Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) chapter opened in Boston, Massachusetts
1862 – Bowling ball invented
1930 – Fred P. Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans
1933 – New York Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth to manage the Cincinnati Reds
1952 – 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)
1965 – CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
1972 – President of Sinn Féin Ruairi O Bradaigh is arrested and held under new legislation in Republic of Ireland
1979 – Red Army beats NY Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum