1425 – Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail
1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
1566 – Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht
1895 – 15th U.S. National Championship: Fred Hovey beats Robert Wrenn (6-3, 6-2, 6-4)
1928 – Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina and Winnipeg
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 – NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered
1986 – A’s Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run
1995 – Indians’ Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves
2006 – Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion
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