1830 – Provisional Government of Belgium declares independence and succession from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1901 – Charlie Barr skippered Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (UK), 3-0 on New York City Harbour in 11th America’s Cup yachting challenge series
1922 – Protocol for the Reconstruction of Austria, between the government of Austria and the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy, and Czechoslovakia, for reconstructing the Austrian economy, signed in Geneva, Switzerland
1938 – Baseball World Series: NY Yankees win third straight championship; beat Chicago Cubs, 8-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-0 sweep
1957 – Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite, into an elliptical low Earth orbit
1985 – Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA
1992 – Solheim Cup Women’s Golf, Dalmahoy CC: Europe beats US, 11½-6½; Laura Davies of England wins all her 3 matches
2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile, killing 78 people