1125 – Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
1721 – Russian and Swedish sign Treaty of Nystad, ending North Sea War
1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces
1906 – Hal Chase becomes 1st NY Yankee to hit three triples in a game
1919 – Ernst Toller’s “Die Wandlung” premieres in Berlin
1939 – NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
1964 – Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Riverside Ladies Golf Open
1973 – Danny Seiwell quits Wings
1987 – Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman’s record (6’10½”)
1995 – Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record