irrupt verb intr.: 1. To burst or break in. 2. (Of a population) To increase suddenly in number.
☰Thought of the Day
To love is to incur the risk of martyrdom. It is to offer one's self as a victim to every perfidy, to the basest treason and ingratitude. - Emile Gaboriau, from Baron Trigault's Vengeance
- USS Kearny becomes the first US destroyer torpedoed in World War II while the country is still officially neutral
- US swimmers go 1-2-3 in the women's 400 m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; Donna de Varona wins gold in an Olympic record of 5:18.7 ahead of teammates Sharon Finneran and Martha Randall
- Lou Piniella is named NY Yankees manager
- Iran attempts to create the world's largest sandwich (1,500 meters) but fails when crowds eat it before it can be measured
- Islamic State headquarters in Raqqa is declared under full control of the US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesperson Talal Sello after four months of fighting
- Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, born in Milan, Habsburg Empire (d. 1795)
- Roy Kilner, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 2 x 50, 24 wickets, BB 4/58; Yorkshire CCC), born in Low Valley, Wombwell, England (d. 1928)
- Theodor Eicke, German Nazi official who developed the concentration camps, born in Hampont, German Empire (d. 1943)
- (William) "Cozy" Cole, American jazz drummer ("Topsy I"; "Topsy II"), and educator, born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1981)
- Steve McMichael, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (University of Texas; Super Bowl XX; First-team All-Pro 1985, 87; Pro Bowl 1986, 87; Chicago Bears), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2025)
