1836 – Charles Darwin reaches Saint Helena in HMS Beagle and takes up lodgings near the tomb of Napoleon
1892 – American Psychological Association organized in Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
1933 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: American Helen Wills Moody successfully defends her title beating local favourite Dorothy Round 6-4, 6-8, 6-3
1949 – The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups is passed in South Africa
1957 – Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn Féin leaders
1970 – SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
1994 – Sonia O’Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
1994 – Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
1994 – St Maarten “Godfather” Claude Wathey sentenced to 1½ years
2017 – British Lions tie 15-15 with New Zealand All Blacks in their 3rd rugby match to tie the series