1929 - Arab mobs attack Jews in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, triggering a series of violent riots
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree to the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact and secretly divide Poland between themselves, setting the stage for World War II
1948 - Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte of the United Nations asks for aid for fugitives to Palestine
1972 - Republican convention in Miami Beach, Florida, renominates Vice President Spiro Agnew, but not unanimously as one vote goes to NBC newsman David Brinkley
2008 - Australian diver Matthew Mitcham wins the men's 10 m platform gold medal with a final dive at the Beijing Olympics, preventing the Chinese from winning every diving event and achieving the highest score for an individual dive in Olympic history (112.10)

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