1913 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands opens the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, an international law administrative building housing the Permanent Court of Arbitration
1967 - Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make a 190-run stand for the 9th wicket against England
1977 - NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 batters in 1-0 win over Texas Rangers
2009 - Noel Gallagher, the guitarist of the British pop-rock band Oasis, quits the band, citing an inability to be with his brother Liam
2017 - North Korea launches a missile that flies over Japan, and the country's J-Alert warning system warns people to take cover

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