1927 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, half way to his MLB record of 60 home runs, smacks #30 off Joe Shautes in 9th inning in New York's 7-0 win over Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field in Cleveland
1943 - National Committee Freies Deutschland forms
1951 - NY Yankees pitcher Allie Reynolds throws no-hitter in Cleveland against the Indians, his former team, in a 1-0 win
1975 - Sao Tomé e Príncipe gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1996 - Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur
1852 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1933)
1870 - Louis II [Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi], Prince of Monaco, born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1949)
1912 - Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader ("Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"), born in Newton, New Jersey (d. 1989)
1935 - Hans Tilkowski, German soccer goalkeeper (39 caps, West Germany; Westfalia Herne, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Husen, Germany (d. 2020)
1946 - Sian Barbara Allen, American actress (Scream Pretty Peggy), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2025)
1934 - Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American industrialist and inventor (outboard marine engine), dies at 57
1990 - Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71
1995 - Ernie Furtado, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 72
1996 - John Boon, English publisher (MiIls and Boon), dies at 79
2004 - Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)
Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announces that he has chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate. Ferraro became the first female vice presidential candidate to represent a major political party.
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