1875 – Netherlands joins the gold standard
1903 – President Emile Loubet of France and Minister of Foreign Affairs Theophile Declasse visit London, furthering the cause of Entente Cordiale between Britain and France
1942 – First nylon parachute jump is made by American parachute tester Adeline Gray at Brainard Field, an airport near Hartford, Connecticut; DuPont teams with the Pioneer Parachute Company to develop an alternative to silk
1978 – Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
1983 – Minnesota Twins select pitcher Tim Belcher #1 in the 1983 MLB Draft
1985 – Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1993 – 47th Tony Awards: “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches” (play) and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (musical) win
2021 – US Open Women’s Golf, Olympic GC Lake Course: Yuka Saso of the Philippines sinks 10-foot birdie putt on 3rd playoff hole to edge Japan’s Nasa Hataoka; becomes 2nd teenager to win the event