1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair
1905 – 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
1915 – The British land more troops at Suvla Bay on the northern shore of Gallipoli in an effort to break the stalemate on the peninsula during WWI
1934 – US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1937 – US and USSR sign trade treaty
1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American national broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena
1965 – Pakistani soldiers crossed the Line of Control into Kashmir
1982 – Three ANC members are sentenced to death in South Africa
1984 – 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
2006 – British Open Women’s Golf, Royal Lytham and St Annes GC: 43 year old American Sherri Steinhauer wins her second major title, 3 strokes ahead of Sophie Gustafson and Cristie Kerr