1861 – Mint at New Orleans closes
1900 – US troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion
1921 – Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700
1931 – 7.1 magnitude Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
1941 – German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools
1967 – Bayern Munchen of West Germany wins 7th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Rangers of Scotland 1-0 in Nuremberg
2002 – NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
2004 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Hale Irwin wins his 4th title in the event by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Jay Haas
2012 – Egypt formally ends its 31 year state of emergency
2017 – Kenya’s Madaraka Express, a Chinese-built high speed railway from Mombassa to Nairobi is opened by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta