1519 – 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1882 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Richard Sears beats Clarence M. Clark 6-1, 6-4, 6-0
1930 – 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)
1944 – US leaders meet in Belgium
1957 – Milwaukee 1st baseman Frank Torre scores 6 runs to tie the MLB record; Braves rout Chicago Cubs 23-10
1960 – New Zealand middle distance runner Peter Snell claims first of 3 career Olympic gold medals when he wins the 800m in Rome
1963 – CBS expands “CBS Evening News” program, anchored by Walter Conkrite, from 15 to 30 minutes
1968 – Jerry Lewis’ 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
2018 – Major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts
2019 – Diving boat catches fire at night killing 34 asleep on board off Santa Cruz Island, California