1688 - Prince William of Orange's invasion fleet sails to England
1946 - New York Knicks play their first Basketball Association of America (BAA) home game at Madison Square Garden, losing 78-68 to the Chicago Stags in overtime
1966 - NASA Gemini 12 launches on a four-day flight with Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin
2000 - 12th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College, 28-16 in South Bend
2023 - Icelandic town of Grindavík on Reykjanes peninsula evacuated after thousands of earthquakes and rising magna point to an imminent eruption

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