- 1725 – John Newton English cleric and hymnist was born
- 1956 – Khartoum University College is awarded university status becoming the University of Khartoum
- 1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, US vice-president Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev have a “kitchen debate.”
- 1963 – Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship
- 1963 – Karl Malone, American basketball player was born
- 1966 – Martin Keown, English footballer was born
- 1969 – Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appeal
- 1974 – Watergate Scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously rule that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor
- 1996 – Mohammed Farah Aidid, Somali warlord died
- 2005 – Lance Armstrong wins his seventh Tour de France.
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