1288 – Battle of Worringen: Jan I, Duke of Brabant defeats army of Archbishop Siegfried II of Cologne, one of the largest and fiercest battles of the Middle Ages
1941 – Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1944 – German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel goes on leave just before WWII D-Day landings by the Allies
1953 – US Senate rejects China People’s Republic membership to UN
1957 – NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
1977 – Los Angeles Dodgers retire Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman and manager Walter Alston’s #24
1988 – Russian Orthodox Church celebrates its 1,000th anniversary
1989 – Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
1995 – 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
2017 – Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt sever ties with Qatar, citing its support of terrorist groups, Yemen, the Maldives and Libya follow suit