1305William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
1864US Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay won by the Union led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
1979Willie Mays, Warren Giles, & Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame
1812War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.
1979Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
1932Clyde Barrow and two associates kill Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and his deputy, Eugene C. Moore, the first time the Barrow gang killed a lawman