1673 – Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn
1927 – NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens
1931 – Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
1980 – US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
1984 – Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1993 – Pakistani minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president
1714 – William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
1760 – Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820)
1929 – Steef C Weijers, Dutch MP (CDA)
1940 – Justine “Baby” Washington, US singer (Only Those in Love)
1944 – Timmy Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Why Can’t We Live Together)
1968 – Mark Fitzpatrick, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers), born in Toronto, Ontario
1093 – Malcolm III (Canmore, “Big Head”) King of Scots, dies in battle at Alnwick, Northumberland. Historical figure Shakespeare’s character based on.
1896 – Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50
1909 – Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70
1917 – Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies
1942 – Norman Scott, US admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies
2013 – Todd Christensen, NFL player and sportscaster, dies from complications during liver transplant surgery at 57