312 - Start of Imperial Indication
1493 - Christopher Columbus embarks on his 2nd expedition to the New World, setting sail with a fleet of 17 ships
1966 - -30] Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico
1969 - NY Mets clinch NL East pennant
1985 - Apollo Computer Inc lays off 300 employees
2019 - Spain's Supreme Court rules body of dictator Francisco Franco can be removed from state mausoleum, the Valley of the Fallen, to municipal cemetery
1895 - André F. Cournand, French physician and physiologist (Nobel 1956), born in Paris (d. 1988)
1910 - Leon MacLaren, British philosopher and founder of the LSE, born in Glasgow (d. 1994)
1914 - Hein Jordans, Dutch conductor, born in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands (d. 2003)
1939 - Sonny Turner, American singer (The Platters, The Metrotones), born in Fairmont, West Virginia
1950 - Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer (son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's), born in Patiala, India
1974 - Matt McKeon, American soccer midfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Florissant, Missouri
1790 - John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies
1813 - André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, Belgium French composer, dies at 72
1948 - Warren William [Krech], American actor (The Wolf Man, Cleopatra), dies of multiple myeloma at 53
1978 - Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
2002 - Leon Hart, American College Football Hall of Fame end and fullback (Heisman Trophy 1949, Notre Dame), dies at 73
2008 - Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), dies of colon cancer at 88