1903 – New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month, beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1 and 9-2 at the Polo Grounds
1920 – Detroit radio station 8MK (now WWJ, 950AM) is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1923 – Italian troops occupy Corfu
1954 – Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A’s)
1979 – Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as US UN ambassador
1983 – 40th Venice Film Festival: “First Name: Carmen” directed by Jean-Luc Godard wins Golden Lion
1983 – Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
1985 – “Prakas” sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Illinois
1990 – East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems
2015 – Violent protests in Kiev after Ukraine parliament vote leave 1 national guard dead, 100 injured