1497 – Italian explorer John Cabot returns to Bristol from North America (Newfoundland) – first European to do so since the Vikings
1625 – Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
1919 – Romanian forces bring down Hungarian Soviet Republic in Budapest
1926 – “Don Juan” starring John Barrymore is released by Warner Bros, the 1st feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
1946 – US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1960 – Chubby Checker performs his version of “The Twist” on “The Dick Clark Show” starting a worldwide dance craze
1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi
1990 – President Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan
2002 – 32-year old reliever Robb Nen becomes 16th and youngest closer to record 300 career saves as he protects Giants 11-10 lead v Cubs
2019 – The Philippines declares a national dengue epidemic with 622 people killed and 146,000 cases so far in 2019