1863 - Utrecht-Swells railway opens
1867 - D.R. Averill of Ohio patents ready-mixed paint
1900 - Russia launch an offensive against the Chinese in Manchuria
1924 - Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
1950 - FIFA World Cup Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay beats Brazil, 2-1
1990 - Rick Dee's "Into the Night" premieres on ABC-TV
1889 - Larry Semon, American comedian and director (The Wizard of Oz), born in West Point, Mississippi (d. 1928)
1941 - George Young, Baron Young of Cookham, British minister of housing and planning, born in Oxford, England
1960 - Gisela Beyer, German discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980), born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany
1966 - Warren Sallenback, Canadian cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in South Surrey, British Columbia
1968 - Barry Sanders, American NFL running back (Detroit Lions, 1988 Heisman Trophy), born in Wichita, Kansas
1975 - Ana Paula Arósio, Brazilian actress (Domingão do Faustão), born in São Paulo, Brazil
1843 - Hubert Matthijs Adriaan Jan van Asch van Wijck, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 68
1961 - [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88
1985 - Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1992 - Patrick Meaney, British businessman and CEO (Rank Organization), dies at 67
2001 - Maurice De Bevere, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
2002 - John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)