1572 – 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
1893 – Daniel Williams repairs the torn pericardium of a knife wound patient, James Cornish, without penicillin or blood transfusion
1914 – 1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY
1949 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal St.George’s GC: South African Bobby Locke wins a 36-hole playoff by 12 strokes from Irishman Harry Bradshaw
1950 – 13.15″ (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)
1968 – Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76’ers to LA Lakers
1968 – 15.68″ (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Mississippi (state 24-hour record)
1971 – Henry Kissinger visits the People’s Republic of China to negotiate a detente between the US and China
1989 – Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others
2018 – Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially end the “no war, no peace” peace deal made in 2000 in Eritrea’s capital, Asmara