1863 – Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby.
1918 – Cecil Chubb gives prehistoric monument Stonehenge to the British nation.
1951 – Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister at the age of 76.
1961 – First test flight of Saturn launch vehicle.
1984 – “The Terminator” directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton is released in the US.
1985 – Whitney Houston earns her first #1 hit with “Saving All My Love For You”
2018 – Rhine River in drought with lowest levels since 1920s forces the German government to release oil reserves after barge shipments disrupted.
Via Britannica / On This Day
