1920 - 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleveland's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Brooklyn
1942 - Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
1945 - Memorial for the executed unveiled in Terbregge, Netherlands
2013 - Presidents Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: US wins for 5th successive time with an 18½–15½ victory over the International team
2018 - Oil tanker collision with a car leaves at least 50 people dead and one hundred with serious burns near Kisantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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1946 - Millie Small, Jamaican ska singer, and songwriter ("My Boy Lollipop"), born in Clarendon, Jamaica (d. 2020)
1974 - Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer, born in Palmar Sur, Costa Rica