657 – St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I
1909 – French chemist Eugène Schueller founds L’Oréal with his new range of hair dyes
1916 – German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey
1973 – Texas Rangers Jim Bibby no-hits 1st-place Oakland, 6-0
1975 – 7th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1983 – Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California
1988 – King Hussein dissolves Jordan’s House of Representatives
1989 – Chile amends its constitution
1995 – Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v WI
2018 – Official Malaysian investigation into the disappearance of Flight MH370 is unable to determine what happened