96Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.

324Chrysopolis Emperor Constantine beats Emperor Licinius

1502Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage

1544English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne

1793US President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building

1846Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange last letters before eloping

1895Booker T. Washington delivers 'Atlanta Compromise' address

1943Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful)

1946Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1955Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)

1956Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a seaon

1960Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open

1964"The Addams Family", starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC

1965Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game

1965"I Dream of Jeannie", starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC

1966Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational

1976Mao Zedong's funeral takes place in Beijing.

1984Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons

1996Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts

1997Seve Ballesteros & Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame