1924 – World Savings Day announced in Milan, Italy, by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks)
1949 – WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1964 – London’s notorious Windmill Theatre closes
1975 – Bob Geldof’s first appearance with The Boomtown Rats
1989 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 – Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of NZ, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts
1993 – German unemployment hits national record of 3.5 million
2003 – Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir’s 22 years in power
2015 – 8th Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham, London: All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 2 conversions as New Zealand defeats Australia, 34-17
2017 – Terrorist attack in New York when a truck mows down people on a cycle lane, killing 8, injuring 10