1138 – Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) submits himself to Pope Innocentius II
1900 – Trademark “Escalator” registered by Otis Elevator Co.
1916 – NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game
1924 – AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks
1928 – Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1973 – Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
1973 – Thomas Bradley elected 1st African American mayor of Los Angeles, California
1983 – Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
2015 – Heat wave in India centered in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states is reported to have killed 1800 people in a week
2019 – World’s smallest surviving baby, a girl, discharged from Sharp March Birch Hospital in San Diego after being born at 23 weeks weighing 8.6 ounces (245 grams)