1941 - USS Kearny becomes the first US destroyer torpedoed in World War II while the country is still officially neutral
1964 - US swimmers go 1-2-3 in the women's 400 m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; Donna de Varona wins gold in an Olympic record of 5:18.7 ahead of teammates Sharon Finneran and Martha Randall
1985 - Lou Piniella is named NY Yankees manager
2008 - Iran attempts to create the world's largest sandwich (1,500 meters) but fails when crowds eat it before it can be measured
2017 - Islamic State headquarters in Raqqa is declared under full control of the US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesperson Talal Sello after four months of fighting
1720 - Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, born in Milan, Habsburg Empire (d. 1795)
1890 - Roy Kilner, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 2 x 50, 24 wickets, BB 4/58; Yorkshire CCC), born in Low Valley, Wombwell, England (d. 1928)
1892 - Theodor Eicke, German Nazi official who developed the concentration camps, born in Hampont, German Empire (d. 1943)
1909 - (William) "Cozy" Cole, American jazz drummer ("Topsy I"; "Topsy II"), and educator, born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1981)
1957 - Steve McMichael, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (University of Texas; Super Bowl XX; First-team All-Pro 1985, 87; Pro Bowl 1986, 87; Chicago Bears), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2025)
1174 - Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)
1836 - Orest Kiprensky, leading Russian portrait painter in the Age of Romanticism, dies from pneumonia at 54
1958 - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies at 81
1972 - Walter "Turk" Broda, Canadian ice hockey goaltender, 5x Stanley Cup, 2x Vezina Trophy (Toronto Maple Leafs, 1935-51), dies of a heart attack at 58
2015 - Danièle Delorme [Gabrielle Girard], French actress (Pardon My Affair), dies at 89
Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s.