1740 - Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Tsarina Anne
1982 - US Senior Open Men's Golf, Portland GC: Miller Barber wins by four strokes from Dan Sykes and Gene Littler, his first of three Senior Open titles
1984 - Lucas Mangope re-elected president of Bophuthatswana
2001 - Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution
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