1885 -  $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty.

1933-  Temperature reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mexico (world record)

1945 - Allies refuse Japan's offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status.

1976- Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami.

1998 -  Palestine Liberation Organisation and Palestinian National Authority president, Yasser Arafat, arrives in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela.