1574 – Ram Das becomes the 4th Sikh Guru
1791 – HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day, on her return from her search for the Bounty and the mutineers who had taken her
1885 – 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
1941 – Winston Churchill approves a nuclear programme (Tube Alloys), first national leader to do so
1941 – St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 2-0
1945 – Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th Symphony
1969 – 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash
1972 – Amidst Olga Korbut mania at the Munich Olympics, Soviet teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva wins the gymnastics individual all-round competition, her 2nd gold medal of the Games
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
1992 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 229 performances