1640 – 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malacca
1708 – Battle at Trencsén: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army
1925 – Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
1940 – Italian troops invade British Somalia
1948 – The US 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf and Bill Smith swim a world record 8:46.0 to win gold at the London Olympics
1951 – William H Jackson ends term as deputy director of CIA
1959 – 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
1966 – South African government bans Beatle records
1967 – 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
1974 – “Little Night Music” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 performances