1903 – Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X, known as the ‘pope of the poor and humble’
1914 – WWI: King Albert I becomes Supreme Commander of Belgian army after German declaration of war
1967 – USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
1981 – Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission
1982 – Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes only MLB player to get hits for 2 different teams in 2 different cities on the same day; singles for Mets in Chicago day game; traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
1984 – Prince’s “Purple Rain” album goes #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks
1985 – “Dreamgirls” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1522 performances
1994 – 27th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hyatt Regency
1995 – Following a suspension from the league for substance abuse former Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry joins NY Yankees and eventually helps the Bronx Bombers to win the 1996 World Series
2013 – British Open Women’s Golf, St. Andrews: American Stacy Lewis wins her second major, 2 shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Hee Young Park
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