1837 - Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV. She rules for 63 years till 1901. 1864 - Battle of Kinston, North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia 1970 - Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR 1976 - Disney's River Country opens at Bay Lake (closed 2001) 1980 - Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous points decision 1981 - Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats 1987 - Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss 1987 - 1st Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand fly-half Grant Fox lands 4 penalties, a conversion and drop goal as the All Blacks beat France, 29-9 2017 - Tiger Woods checks into a clinic to manage his pain medication and sleep disorder, following his arrest for driving under the influence 2020 - 152nd Belmont Stakes: Tiz the Law with Manuel Franco aboard becomes first New York-bred winner of the event since 1882 More Historical Events »