1564 - Battle on Gotland: Lubeck and Denmark beat Sweden
1696 - John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius
1914 - Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1
1977 - Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - Tornados in Penn, Ohio, NY and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000
1889 - Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)
1902 - Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor
1911 - Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector
1943 - Sharon Gless, Los Angeles California, actress (Chris Cagney-Cagney and Lacey)
1962 - Joe Orsulak, Glen Ridge NJ, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1977 - Scott Klopfenstein, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1246 - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England
1504 - Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
1947 - Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1986 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
2004 - Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
