1781 - British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Virginia
1970 - 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
1972 - Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
2020 - Iran pulls out of the 2015 nuclear deal, will not limit its uranium enrichment
2023 - Pocahontas revealed as the 12th great-grandmother of actor Edward Norton on PBS's "Finding Your Roots"

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1661 - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1700)
1828 - August Valentine Kautz, German-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Baden, Germany (d. 1895)
1888 - George "Rube" Foster, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1915, 16; no-hitter 1916; Boston Red Sox), born in Lehigh, Oklahoma (d. 1976)
1939 - Bridget Parker, British equestrian 3 day event (Olympic gold 1972), born in Northumberland, England
1980 - Bennie Joppru, National Football League tight end, born in Dickinson, North Dakota

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