1649 – Massacre of Drogheda, Ireland – Oliver Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists
1847 – 1st singing of Stephen Foster’s “Susanna” (in Pittsburgh)
1937 – 57th U.S. Men’s National Championship: Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm (6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1)
1950 – 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio
1959 – Elroy Face’s 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4
1967 – WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 – WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1977 – 97th Men’s U.S. Open: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0)
1987 – 4th MTV Video Music Awards: Peter Gabriel wins
2009 – Sweden emerges from the recession after witnessing GDP growth of 0.2% in the second quarter
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