1917 – Most Excellent Order of British Empire inaugurated by King George V to recognise the efforts of his people in WWI
1932 – Chilean coup led by Colonel Marmaduke Grove against President Juan Esteban Montero
1947 – US House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act
1964 – Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1973 – A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain
1988 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Steffi Graf dominates Natalia Zvereva of Belarus 6-0, 6-0; shortest women’s singles Grand Slam final in Open Era; 32 minutes
1989 – Eastern Europe’s first partial free elections in 40 years held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power
2018 – “Ocean’s 8” film premieres, directed by Gary Ross starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna
2020 – UN report criticizing human rights violations in the Philippines, including deaths of 8,000 during its war on drugs, a day after county’s House of Representatives passed new anti-terrorism law
2023 – Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel’s musical “Bad Cinderella” closes at Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 85 performances; 1st time in 43 years that Webber is without a show on Broadway