1545King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die

1595Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe

1674Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer

1836HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension

18481st US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott

1867US Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto

1869Louis Riel speaks at a meeting of Metis residents about rights, setting in motion the events now referred to as the Red River Rebellion

1879Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.

1927Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit

1940Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender

1941British PM Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign

1959Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance

1973Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial)

1981Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic

1986Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1987116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane

1987Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic

1989Cleveland Indians Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game

1990Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion

1990Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee

1991Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game

1991Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington)

1993Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham

1993President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions

2007The first episode of "Mad Men" debuts. Jon Hamm stars as Don Draper

200917th ESPY Awards: Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin win