922 – Kingdom of the West Franks crowns Robert I as King of West Francia, after deposing Charles the Simple (Charles III)
1858 – Great fire in London docks
1863 – George Armstrong Custer, aged 23, appointed Union Brigadier General
1931 – Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
1940 – Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard
1961 – MLB San Francisco Giants 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
1991 – 6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif
2001 – Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci (39) becomes a naturalized US citizen at the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma federal courthouse
2017 – Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner apologize and remove t-shirts from sale featuring Tupac Shakur and others, after accused of exploiting their legacies
2022 – Earth records its shortest day ever, 1.59 milliseconds faster than a standard day