1497 - Italian explorer John Cabot returns to Bristol from North America (Newfoundland) - first European to do so since the Vikings
1625 - Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
1919 - Romanian forces bring down Hungarian Soviet Republic in Budapest
1926 - "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore is released by Warner Bros, the 1st feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
1946 - US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1960 - Chubby Checker performs his version of "The Twist" on "The Dick Clark Show" starting a worldwide dance craze
1976 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi
1990 - President Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan
2002 - 32-year old reliever Robb Nen becomes 16th and youngest closer to record 300 career saves as he protects Giants 11-10 lead v Cubs
2019 - The Philippines declares a national dengue epidemic with 622 people killed and 146,000 cases so far in 2019
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