1666 – Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St. Christopher, killing thousands
1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pérignon’s invention of Champagne
1917 – Pravda calls for the killing of all capitalists, priests, and officers
1948 – Hungary’s Olga Gyarmati wins the first ever Olympic women’s long jump competition at the London Games
1983 – 16th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
1992 – In its debut at the Barcelona Olympics the badminton singles gold medals are both won by Indonesian athletes, whilst both men’s and women’s doubles go to South Korea
2019 – Car explosion kills 20 and injures 47 in Cairo, Egypt, in a terrorist-related incident
2019 – British Open Women’s Golf, Woburn GC: Hinako Shibuno of Japan wins her maiden major title in her first LPGA event; beats American Lizette Salas by 1 stroke