1260 – Battle at Montaperti, Tuscany, between rival factions the Guelphs and Ghibellines
1864 – Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
1888 – George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera and registers “Kodak”
1953 – WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 – Peter B. Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania
1957 – Ford Motor Co. introduces Edsel automobile range
1967 – Train crash at Arnhem, Netherlands, kills 5
1976 – Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
1995 – Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the 4th and 5th, of a 14-3 rout of the Texas Rangers
1997 – 14th MTV Video Music Awards: Jamiroquai, Jewel and Beck win