258 – Pope St Sixtus II beheaded in Rome under persecutions by Roman Emperor Valerian
1600 – Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
1864 – Confederate forces evacuate Fort Powell in Mobile Bay, Alabama
1919 – Romanian forces bring down Hungarian Soviet Republic in Budapest
1945 – Australian Test cricket all-rounder Keith Miller scores 110 not out for Australian Services on Day 1 of drawn 4th Victory Test against England at Lord’s
1966 – US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1981 – NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed
1984 – 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
2012 – Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century
2019 – Lawyer representing 800 boy scouts identify 350 sex abusers within Boy Scouts of America saying “It’s the largest paedophile ring on earth”