1628 – Java sultan Agung of Mataram attacks Batavia
1776 – British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
1828 – The Russians defeat the Turks at the Battle of Akhalzic.
1859 – 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
1881 – Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die
1937 – Brooklyn Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game
1955 – “Guinness Book of World Records” 1st published
1982 – Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
1990 – WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
2014 – Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”
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