- 1829 – In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the first Boat Race (2002 race pictured) held on the Thames in London.
- 1865 – Richard Wagner's revolutionary Tristan und Isolde received its premiere in Munich.
- 1925 – The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant church, held its inaugural service in Toronto's Mutual Street Arena.
- 1957 – Led by John Diefenbaker, the Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of the seats in the Canadian House of Commons in the federal election, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
- 2008 – War in Afghanistan: An airstrike by the United States resulted in the deaths of eleven paramilitary troops of the Pakistan Army Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.
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