1718 - Battle of Cape Passaro: British fleet destroys Spanish off Sicily
1936 - Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton
1978 - Funeral of Pope Paul VI held in the Vatican
1985 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Hubert Green wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Lee Trevino
1987 - France and Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1991 - Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) lands
1992 - Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game
1999 - Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s)
2008 - Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima repeats 1st leg of his Athens Olympics 100/200m breaststroke double at the Beijing Games winning the 100m in world record 58.91; goes on to win 200m event
2020 - US Democratic candidate for President Joe Biden announces California Senator Kemala Harris is his running mate, the 1st woman of color selected by a major party
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