1569 – Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici as grand duke of Tuscany
1828 – Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talks
1902 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport, RI: Defending champion William Larned beats Englishman R.F. Doherty 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 8-6
1932 – 200,000 English textile workers strike
1955 – Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts
1965 – The Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley, at his Los Angeles, California home
1979 – Warrenpoint ambush: 18 British Army soldiers killed when Provisional IRA explode two roadside bombs as a British convoy passes Narrow Water Castle
2004 – German kayaker Birgit Fischer wins gold in K-4 500m and silver in K-2 500m in Athens; first woman in any sport to win gold medals at 6 different Olympics, gold 24 years apart, and 1st person to win 2 or more medals in 5 different Games
2013 – “Gravity”, directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón and starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney premieres at the Venice Film Festival
2015 – Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos names top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou caretaker Prime Minister – Greece’s 1st female Prime Minister
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