Events (450 years ago today): 1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.

Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolutionary War: American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.^[15]

Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (died 1957)

Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (died 2014)

Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (died 2003)

Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (died 2009)^[36]

Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (died 1999)

Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic

Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer

Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lars Figura, German sprinter

Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (born 1888)

Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (born 1890)

Commemorations:
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade