1665 – Jerusalem’s rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah
1790 – Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca (now the international border between Canada and the US)
1847 – Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens
1916 – HMS Invincible explodes after taking fire during the Battle of Jutland, killing 1026 officers including Rear-Admiral Hood – only 6 crew members survive
1919 – NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic
1921 – Boston Red Sox 1st baseman John “Stuffy” McInnis begins an errorless string of 1,700 chances
1937 – German warships bombard Almeria, Spain
1970 – Cathedral of BrasÃlia, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer is dedicated in the Brazilian capital BrasÃlia
1990 – BPAA US Women’s Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie
2021 – Tulsa, Oklahoma, marks 100 year anniversary of the massacre of hundreds of black residents by a white mob in the Greenwood neighborhood