1619 - Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor (rules till 1637)
1861 - Battle of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina
1911 - 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record)
1922 - WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio commercial (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
1926 - Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
1968 - Northern Irish MP Gerry Fitt tables a House of Commons motion criticising the Royal Ulster Constabulary at Dungannon, "citizens of Northern Ireland should be allowed the same rights of peaceful demonstration as those in other parts of the United Kingdom"
1977 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
1983 - Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1990 - F5 strength tornado hits Plainfield, Illinois, killing 29 and injuring 353
2020 - Japanese tech company SkyDrive says it has completed the first manned test flight of a flying car
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