1914 – Russia invades East Prussia
1926 – George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin’s musical “The Cocoanuts,” starring the Marx Brothers, closes at the Lyric Theatre, NYC, after 276 performances and is later adapted as a film
1936 – Twenty-two nations line up as the first basketball competition in the Olympic Games begins in Berlin; Estonia beats France 34-29 in the first game
1944 – Anton de Kom is arrested as a Surinamese resistance fighter
1960 – Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches
1992 – Taking advantage of six months of training on their hometown Terrassa pitch, Spain wins its first hockey gold medal by beating Germany 2-1 in the women’s final at the Barcelona Olympics
1992 – The Orlando Magic signs NBA No. 1 draft pick Shaquille O’Neal
2021 – Kevin Durant, with 29 points, leads the USA to his third and the team’s fourth consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal with an 87-82 win over France in Tokyo