1859 - Great auroral display in the US
1975 - American television game show "Three for the Money," hosted by Dick Enberg, debuts on NBC-TV but is cancelled after 8 weeks
2004 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth
2006 - US Representative Mark Foley resigns after allegations of inappropriate emails to House pages are introduced
2020 - Ben Ainslie wins the Olympic gold medal in the Laser class, beating previous Laser Olympic champion Robert Scheidt

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