1901 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching and spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in the previous day's 5-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers; the lifetime suspension is reduced to 12 days 1945 - US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program 1969 - Fire in Al-Aqsa-mosque in Jerusalem 1976 - Battle, East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes the first British firewoman 1980 - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is founded in a basement office in Takoma Park, Maryland 2008 - Japan edges the United States 3-1 for the gold medal in the final of the women's softball tournament at the Beijing Olympics 2015 - First British unmanned drone hits a UK citizen outside a conflict: ISIS fighter Reyaad Khan in Raqqa, Syria 2021 - Flash flooding in Humphreys County, Middle Tennessee, kills 22, with dozens missing More Historical Events »