1179 – Phillip II crowned King of France at age 14 in Reims, with his father Louis VII in ill health
1877 – Dutch government of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns
1921 – National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League
1938 – Seabiscuit, with George Woolf aboard, beats 1937 Triple Crown winner War Admiral by 3 lengths in Pimlico track record time to win $15,000 in what is regarded as one of the greatest match races in horse racing history
1970 – Swedish pop group Festfolk, later known as ABBA, play their first ever concert, at a restaurant in Gothenburg, Sweden
1994 – Chicago Bulls retire basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s jersey #23 in a 2-hour ceremony at the United Center
2001 – In the Wallabies’ 400th rugby union Test match in history, Australia routs Spain 92-10 (Australian record score) in Madrid; Matt Burke kicks an Australian record 10 conversions
2020 – Super typhoon Goni makes landfall on Catanduanes island, Philippines, leaving at least 16 dead and 370,000 people displaced
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