1428 – Valais witch trial proceedings begin in Valais Canton, Switzerland, first organized witch trials
1760 – Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1942 – Dutch resistance bombs Rotterdam railway
1978 – Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
1984 – The US collects its first Olympic gold medal in women’s basketball history with a 85-55 win over South Korea in the final at the LA Games
1991 – American team of Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell and Dennis Mitchell set 4 x 100m relay world record of 37.67 seconds in Zürich, Switzerland
2005 – In one of cricket history’s closest Tests, and despite a brave unbeaten 43 from Australian tail-ender Brett Lee, England sneaks a 2-run win in series turning 2nd Test at Edgbaston
2007 – San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to break Hank Aaron’s long-standing MLB record
2010 – Hampered by a back injury Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman scores a brave, unbeaten 103 to guide India to a 5 wicket win v Sri Lanka in Colombo; draw series
2017 – England breaks 19-year drought in home Test cricket series against South Africa; beat Proteas by 177 in 4th Test at Old Trafford; Moeen Ali 75no and 5/69