1888 - Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre
1969 - Eastside race riot in Jacksonville, Florida
1993 - Brian Friel's stage drama "Wonderful Tennessee" closes at Plymouth Theater, New York City, after 9 performances
2003 - A bankruptcy court approves MCI's reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy
2018 - In a landmark verdict, the Pakistani Supreme Court acquits a Christian woman of blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed after eight years on death row
1875 - Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (From Holland's Coasts; Modern Art and Degeneration), born in Barradeel, Minnertsga, Nethelands (d. 1961)
1883 - Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player (Wimbledon 1910-13), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1915)
1950 - Antonio Taguba, US Army Major General, born in Manila, Philippines
1964 - Marco van Basten, Dutch soccer striker (58 caps; Ajax, AC Milan) and manager (Netherlands 2004–08, Ajax, Heerenveen, AZ), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1978 - Zachary Knighton, American actor (Happy Endings), born in Alexandria, Virginia
1664 - William Frederick of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch Stadtholder of Friesland, dies as the result of an accident with a pistol at 51
1959 - Jean Cabannes, French physicist who worked on optics, discovered Cabannes-Daure effect, dies at 75
2010 - Maurice Lucas, American basketball forward (NBA C'ship 1977 Portland Trail Blazers; NBA All-Star 1977–79, 83; ABA All-Star 1976 Kentucky Colonels), dies at 58
2011 - Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European philologist (Indo-Iranian languages), dies at 85
2020 - Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian soccer centre back (25 caps; Hearts, Leeds, Rangers), dies from motor neurone disease at 36
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time.