EVENTS:
- 1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
- 1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
- 1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
- 1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.
- 1977 – The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
- 1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
- 1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
- 1988 – Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle “C.B.” Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane’s fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
- 1999 – In Alberta, Canada, 14-year-old Todd Cameron Smith fires upon three students, killing one and wounding another in the W. R. Myers High School shooting.
- 2001 – Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world’s first space tourist.
- 2008 – A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more.
- 2011 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 1980 relating to Ivorian crisis is adopted.
- 2015 – The National Football League announces it is giving up its tax-exempt status.
BIRTHS:
- 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993)
- 1921 – Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Lois Duncan, American journalist and author
- 1941 – Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1973 – Earl Holmes, American football player and coach
- 1987 – Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian actress
- 1988 – Katariina Tuohimaa, Finnish tennis player
- 1991 – Jordan Robinson, English footballer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
