1694 – Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
1943 – US forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea
1946 – “Billion Dollar Baby” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 219 performances
1957 – Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave USSR communist party
1961 – SF outfielder Willie Mays becomes the 4th player in MLB history with 3 or more home runs twice in one season with a 10th inning blast in Giants 8-7 win over the Phillies in Philadelphia
1977 – Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR
1981 – Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
1992 – “Salome” opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances
1997 – Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
2016 – US Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter lifts Pentagon’s ban on transgender people serving in the US armed forces