1198 – Philips of Zwabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, crowned King of Germany and King of the Romans
1634 – -6] Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants
1914 – French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine
1922 – 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger
1960 – Future world middleweight boxing champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy beats Yuri Radonyak of the Soviet Union to win welterweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics
1967 – KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 – 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
2005 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.