1626 – Battle between King Bethlen Gabor and Earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell’Olmo.
1813 – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla
1904 – White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days
1919 – Elaine Massacre: Arkansas state militia and rioters kill over 200 hundred Black people in response to sharecroppers’ attempt to organize against landowners; trials of survivors for murder leads to Supreme Court enacted judicial reforms
1934 – St Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year
1962 – KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1962 – KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting
1973 – New York City Marathon: American Nina Kuscsik retains her crown in 2:57:07; Tom Fleming wins men’s race in 2:21:54
1974 – General Francisco da Costa Gomesz succeeds General António de Spínola as President of Portugal