1762 – British troops occupy Manila, Philippines
1863 – Dr Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn
1906 – The Majlis of Iran convened for the first time.
1919 – White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series
1935 – Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia
1948 – KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1948 – “Polonaise” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 113 performances
1966 – LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is first declared illegal in state of California, other states follow.
1983 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2017 – Storm Nate kills at least 22 people passing through Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras