1814 – British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
1917 – Eugene Bullard gains his pilot’s license from Aéro-Club de France and becomes the 1st African-American military pilot (French Air Service)
1951 – “Out of This World” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances
1958 – KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 – The Kinks release “Waterloo Sunset” as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts
1970 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1980 – Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building
1984 – 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
1992 – American country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
2002 – Jacques Chirac wins the French Presidential election for a second term defeating Jean-Marie Le Pen leader of the far-right National Front