EVENTS:
- 1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings including St Paul’s Cathedral are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
- 1862 – James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.
- 1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- 1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
- 1960 – Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
- 1961 – The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
- 1977 – Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
- 2012 – A firecracker factory explodes near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, killing 40 and injuring 50 others.
- 2021 – The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d’état.
- 2022 – Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak
- 2022 – At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.
BIRTHS:
- 1826 – John Wisden, English cricketer (d. 1884)
- 1872 – V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1936)
- 1888 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (d. 1975)
- 1909 – Archie Jackson, Scottish-Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
- 1910 – Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (d. 1981)
- 1923 – Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)
- 1937 – Colin Wesley, South African cricketer
- 1947 – Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer and coach
- 1970 – Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1986 – Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
- 2001 – Bukayo Saka, English footballer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Jupiter Stator, commemorates that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius. (Roman Empire)
- Teachers’ Day (India)
