1159 – Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
1566 – Sultan Selim II succeeds to the Ottoman throne
1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1876 – Frank James and his gang are involved in a disastrous raid in Northfield, Minnesota, results in the death or capture of multiple gang members (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1891 – Captain Frederick Lugard’s army reaches Kavalli, Equatoria
1904 – British forces in Tibet force the 13th Dalai Lama to sign a treaty granting Britain trading posts in Tibet and a guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
1927 – University of Minas Gerais founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos
1960 – Japan wins the men’s gymnastics teams combined exercises gold for the first of 5 consecutive Olympics at the Rome Games; beats Soviet Union by just 2.5 points
1972 – American Rod Milburn with a world record 13.24 wins the 110m hurdles gold medal at the Munich Olympics; just 0.10 seconds ahead of Frenchman Guy Drut
1979 – 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at Madison Square Garden, New York