EVENTS:
- 1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
- 1846 – The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
- 1849 – The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.
- 1851 – The first America’s Cup is won by the yacht America.
- 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
- 1932 – The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting.
- 1949 – Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada’s largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
- 1989 – Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
- 2012 – Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya’s Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
- 2015 – Eleven people are killed in England when a vintage Hawker Hunter jet crashes on the A27 in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.
BIRTHS:
- 1921 – Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Harishankar Parsai, Indian author (d. 1995)
- 1938 – Paul Maguire, American football player and sportscaster
- 1940 – Bill McCartney, American football player and coach, founded Promise Keepers
- 1943 – Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist, co-designed the Intel 4004
- 1955 – Chiranjeevi, Indian actor, producer, and politician
- 1966 – Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
- 1975 – Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
- 1990 – Randall Cobb, American football player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Flag Day (Russia)
- Madras Day (Chennai, formerly Madras)
- National Eat a Peach Day (United States)
