1771 – Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California
1883 – NY Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies
1914 – HMS (formerly RMS) Oceanic, sister ship of RMS Titanic, sinks off Scotland
1923 – Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
1941 – Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins
1944 – 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp
1975 – Boston begins court-ordered bussing of public schools
1985 – 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California
1990 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini becomes only Argentine woman to win a Grand Slam singles event; beats Steffi Graf 6-2, 7-6
2019 – Brazil’s Supreme Court rules Marvel comic depicting two men kissing can be sold after mayor of Rio de Janeiro attempted to ban it