EVENTS:
- 1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
- 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
- 1927 – The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
- 1967 – 12th Street Riot: in Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It will leave 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
- 1972 – The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
- 1982 – The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
- 1992 – Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
- 1999 – ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
- 2015 – NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
- 2016 – Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
- 2018 – A wildfire in East Attica kills at least 102 people. It’s the deadliest wildfire in the history of Greece.
BIRTHS:
- 1856 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and journalist (d. 1920)
- 1906 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1906 – Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist (d. 1931)
- 1909 – John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2010)
- 1937 – Dave Webster, American football player and engineer
- 1949 – Clive Rice, South African cricketer
- 1950 – Alan Turner, Australian cricketer
- 1952 – Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2008)
- 1953 – Graham Gooch, English cricketer and coach
- 1972 – Giováne Élber, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 – Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
- 1979 – Richard Sims, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1987 – Alessio Cerci, Italian footballer
- 1992 – Danny Ings, English footballer
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