732 - The Battle of Tours: The Umayyad army, led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is defeated by the Frankish-Aquitainian force led by Charles Martel during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul
1799 - Convention of Alkmaar: British-Russian invasion army departs Holland
1904 - Liberty Theatre opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC
1913 - Gamboa Dam in Panama is blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix
2020 - Italian teenage computer genius Carlo Acutis, who dies of leukemia at 15, is beatified by the Catholic Church in Assisi, Italy
1892 - Earle Dickson, American inventor (Band-Aid), born in Grandview, Tennessee (d. 1961)
1919 - Gerry Gomez, West Indian cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101, 58 wickets, BB 7/55; Trinidad), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1996)
1933 - Salome Bey (née Wideman), American-Canadian jazz singer (Andy and the Bey Sisters), and music producer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2020)
1943 - Roy Christian, New Zealand rugby league centre (32 Tests; Auckland RL, Otahuhu RLFC), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2024)
1944 - Stephen Scott, American composer (Bowed Piano Ensemble; Vikings of Sunrise), and educator (Colorado College), born in Corvallis, Oregon (d. 2021)
1872 - William H. Seward, American politician (Secretary of State, 1861-69, Governor of New York, 1839-42), dies at 71
1929 - Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American inventor (57 patents), dies at 86
1948 - Ted Horn, American auto racer (first to win AAA National C'ship 3 times consecutively 1946, 47, 48), dies in race accident at 38
1978 - Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86
2022 - Anita Kerr [née Grilli], American pop and country singer, composer, and producer (The Anita Kerr Singers), dies at 94
Terrorists from the Palestine Liberation Front are intercepted by U.S. Navy fighter jets after they attempted to escape the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, which they had hijacked three days earlier.