1534 – Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1892 – 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
1899 – American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title
1940 – General Charles de Gaulle’s 1st meeting with Winston Churchill
1966 – 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A’s 9-4
1967 – The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl
1979 – Willie Horton is honored at Seattle’s Kingdome
1985 – 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
2012 – Burma (Myanmar) riots kill 20 people and burn down 300 houses
2019 – 95 people killed in attack on Dogon village Sobame Da in central Mali by suspected Fulani group