1504 - Michelangelo's statue of David is unveiled in Florence
1796 - Battle of Bassano: Napoleon Bonaparte's French army defeats the Austrian forces during the French Revolutionary Wars
1960 - US 4 x 400 m relay team of Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, and Otis Davis run a world record 3:02.2 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics
1972 - East German Annelie Ehrhardt sets a world record of 12.59 seconds to win the 100 m hurdles gold medal at the Munich Olympics, beating Romanian Valeria Bufanu by 0.25 seconds
2008 - US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Scotsman Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 for his fifth consecutive US title

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