1846 - Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N
1918 - 1" of snow falls in Northern Pennsylvania
1966 - Mexican record temperature of 52.5 °C (126.5 °F) in the shade is recorded in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
1974 - Novelty song "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1 on UK pop chart
1991 - Birth of the first federal political party in Canada that supports Quebec nationalism, le Bloc Québécois

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1890 - Georg Wüst, German Oceanographer (provided first complete understanding of the temperature, salinity and deep-current structure of the Atlantic Ocean), born in Posen, Germany (d. 1977)
1935 - Belinda Lee, English actress (Who Done It, Runaway Bus), born in Devon, England (d. 1961)