1795 – Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao
1879 – Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company
1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated
1938 – Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
1944 – US 12 Army Corps occupies Orleans
1950 – Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
1959 – USSR and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor
1975 – Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1986 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1987 – Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57)
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