A solar eclipse occurred, which started Tycho Brahe’s interest in the world of astronomy.
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American baseball player Joe McGinnity was suspended after a brawl in which he punched and spat at umpire Tom Connolly.
Tiger Woods won the 82nd PGA Championship, making it his second win in a row.
NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
The Khagan emperor, Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire, accepted the surrender of his younger brother Ariq Böke, which ended the Toluid Civil War.
Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco, California.