1850 – Territories of New Mexico and Utah created
1926 – Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die
1958 – Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London
1962 – WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1965 – Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
1969 – US Open Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam
1983 – Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can’t beat 100th ranked male tennis player
1987 – Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016
2018 – Russian police detain over 1000 people amide nationwide protests against pension reform
2020 – San Francisco Bay area blanketed by dark orange skies and smoke due to California wildfires