1645 – Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))
1673 – Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant
1906 – Hal Chase becomes 1st NY Yankee to hit three triples in a game
1954 – Hurricane Carol kills 68 on the US East Coast
1969 – 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash
1979 – In a wild encounter at the US Open, John McEnroe beats Ilie Năstase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Năstase is defaulted by the umpire then reinstated
1987 – Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)
1994 – Gund Arena in Cleve opens
2007 – NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 crosses the termination shock, where solar and interstellar winds met (following Voyager 1 in 2004)
2017 – Late author Terry Pratchett’ unfinished works destroyed by steamroller as per his instructions