1941 - USS Kearny becomes the first US destroyer torpedoed in World War II while the country is still officially neutral
1964 - US swimmers go 1-2-3 in the women's 400 m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; Donna de Varona wins gold in an Olympic record of 5:18.7 ahead of teammates Sharon Finneran and Martha Randall
1985 - Lou Piniella is named NY Yankees manager
2008 - Iran attempts to create the world's largest sandwich (1,500 meters) but fails when crowds eat it before it can be measured
2017 - Islamic State headquarters in Raqqa is declared under full control of the US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesperson Talal Sello after four months of fighting

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