1914 – Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia
1927 – 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1931 – Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
1946 – Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist
1950 – Striker Joe Gaetjens heads US to an upset, 1-0 win over England in a FIFA World Cup group match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Americans next win over England: 1994
1956 – Dutch PM Drees refuses resignation of Queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
1959 – Pope John XXIII publishes his 1st encyclical “On truth, unity, and peace, in charity”
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
2017 – Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces retake destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri from Islamic State – symbolic site where their leader declared a “caliphate”
2018 – Drake releases his fifth studio album “Scorpion”, a double album with 25 tracks