1744 – John Carteret resigns as British Secretary of State for the Northern Department
1930 – Ruth Nichols sets the women’s transcontinental air flight record from Mineola, New York, to California in a Lockheed Vega
1951 – British auto manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge
1964 – 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
1966 – The Beatles began recording sessions for their album “Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
1970 – 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1996 – American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd ATP Tour World Championship tennis titles with a classic 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 victory over defending champion Boris Becker in Hanover, Germany
2019 – Data leaked from Chinese high-security Muslim Uighur security camps, housing 1 million people, show systematic brainwashing in western Xinjiang region
