2013
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield departs the International Space Station to return to Earth.
2004
The final episode of “Frasier” on NBC is watched by 33 million people.
1983
Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times.
1981
Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
1965
Rolling Stones record “Satisfaction”.
1950
The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
1917
Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
1909
The first Giro d’Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
1767
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s first opera “Apollo et Hyacinthus”, written when he was 11 years old, premieres in Salzburg.
1607
Jamestown, Virginia, was settled as a colony of England.