1750 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, is almost completely destroyed by fire.
1863 - Battle at Green River, Ky (Morgan's Ohio Raid)
1902 - British premier Lord Salisbury resigns
1961 - Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1982 - Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
1984 - Britain's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
1662 - Maximilian II Emanuel, elect of Bayern
1898 - Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO (Committee of Watchfulness)
1899 - E. B. White, writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style), (d. 1985)
1954 - Butch Reed, American professional wrestler
1964 - Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, titular Bulgarian royal family
1982 - Chris Cooley, American football player
1174 - Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies
1957 - Aga Khan III, Pakistani 48th Shia Iman, dies at 79
1989 - Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82
1993 - Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34
1994 - Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
2009 - Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian professional boxer (b. 1972)
Pensacola Christian College prohibits sex, dancing, witchcraft, astrology, and more. The school also has segregated elevators and stairways.
Roman Emperor Augustus witnessed a man attempt to feed a slave to lamprey eels as a punishment for breaking a cup. Augustus freed the slave and had the rest of the man’s cups broken.
