1699 - Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston
1907 - Tom Reece takes 5 weeks to compile the highest recorded billiards break in a match (499,135) in London, his 'cradle' cannon method is soon banned
1956 - Cleveland outfielder Jim Busby hits a second grand slam on consecutive days during Indians 4-2 win v Kansas City A's
2012 - Gunmen kill 18 people in Turbat, Pakistan
2016 - African American Philando Castile is shot by police in St Paul, Minnesota after being pulled over for a broken rear light, killing is filmed

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