1891 - People's Bath, the first public bathhouse with showers, opens in New York City
1948 - Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
1964 - Boycott scores his first Test cricket century: 113 against Australia at The Oval
1989 - Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken plays in his 1,208th consecutive game and moves to 3rd place all-time behind NY Yankees' Lou Gehrig and Boston Red Sox/NY Yankees' Everett Scott
2008 - China wins its 33rd gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by defeating Singapore in the table tennis women's team event, achieving its most successful Olympiad ever by winning all 10 singles and all 5 doubles matches

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