1864 – Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead, 665 wounded
1952 – 17th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-0 in Birmingham
1955 – Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
1963 – Martin Walser’s “Überlebensgross Herr Krott” premieres in Stuttgart
1966 – Barbados gains independence from Great Britain (National Day)
1979 – Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall” is released and sells six million copies in two weeks
1988 – France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1991 – Rob Pilatus, 27, of disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli attempts suicide
