762 – City of Baghdad founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur, just north of ancient Baghdad
1864 – Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Confederate forces under McCausland burn the town of Chambersburg
1905 – Dutch Covenant of Worker’s Union, NVV, forms
1937 – Soviet Politburo issues NKVD Order No. 00447 during the Great Purge to repress property-owning kulaks and anti-Soviets; 269,100 are arrested, with 76,000 executed
1978 – Expos crush Braves 19-0, collecting 28 hits and tying the National League record with eight home runs
1991 – Red Sox player Carlos Quintana becomes the 11th player to achieve six RBIs in an inning (3rd)
2013 – Wikileaks discloser Bradley (later Chelsea) Manning is convicted of 17 espionage charges
2020 – Former president Barack Obama gives the eulogy at the funeral of Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis; former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton also speak at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta