1816 - Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
1850 - Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die)
1936 - Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief
1942 - German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague
1944 - Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho and Shokaku sink in Marianas
1964 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Columbus CC: Bobby Nichols wins his only major title by 3 strokes from 'Big-2' Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer; leads wire-to-wire
1979 - Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Anastasio Somoza Debayle
1986 - Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
2020 - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional
2020 - World Formula 1 drivers champion Lewis Hamilton wins a record 8th Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest to equal Michael Schumacher's record of wins at a single circuit (French GP)
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