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Events in History

1405 Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail on his first major expedition, to the Spice Islands, leading 208 vessels, including 62 treasure ships with 27,800 sailors

1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicates England’s King Henry VIII

1818 English poet John Keats writes “In the Cottage Where Burns is Born”, “Lines Written in the Highlands”, and “Gadfly”

1877 Kate Edger becomes New Zealand’s first woman graduate and first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts

1944 Franklin Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States

1995 More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are massacred by Bosnian Serbs after they overrun the UN ‘safe haven’ of Srebrenica on directive of Radovan Karadžić

Events in Flim and TV

1895 French film pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumière show film for scientists

1922 The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles

1967 “The Newlywed Game” premieres in the US on ABC TV

1983 Lorraine Elizabeth Downes (19), Miss New Zealand, crowned 32nd Miss Universe

Events in Music

1969 Rolling Stones release “Honky Tonk Woman”

1982 “7 Brides for 7 Brothers” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 5 performances

1984 Britain’s MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe

1987 Heart’s “Alone” single goes #1 for 3 weeks

Events in Sports

1912 There are 6 medallists in the Stockholm Olympic pole vault; American Harry Babcock takes gold (3.95m); countrymen Frank Nelson and Marc Wright dead-heat for silver; 3-man dead-heat for bronze

1923 Harry Frazee, sells the baseball team Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M

1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8

1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC

1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA

1967 All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cincinnati Reds)