1650 – Dutch Stadtholder William II and Amsterdam reach an accord about a standing army
1692 – Battle of Steenkerque: French defeat William III’s combined English/Dutch army
1948 – An American 1-2 in the men’s 200 m at the London Olympics with Mel Patton (21.1) defeating teammate Barney Ewell
1948 – Franklin D. Roosevelt advisor Alger Hiss is accused of being a “communist”
1954 – The Convair XFY-1 Pogo, a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, makes its first successful flight
1958 – MLB Baltimore Orioles manager Paul Richards is ejected from both games of a doubleheader at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan
1987 – Discovery in the Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
2015 – The Athens Stock Exchange reopens after a month and falls by 22%