Historical Events:

• 1878: First telephone introduced in Hawaii.
• 1944: Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins.
• 1944: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by Germany army officer Claus Von Stauffenberg.
• 1969: First men on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. from Apollo 11.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1968: Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV.
• 1968: Iron Butterfly’s "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117.
• 1994: OJ Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife’s klller.
• 1984: Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America.

Sports:

• 1858: Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18).
• 2008: 16th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Candace Parker win.
• 1978: Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete is born.
• 1996: The SA rugby team loses 11-15 against New Zealand in Christchurch.

Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba