The earliest event that Wiki says took place on this day is “557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake” and the most recent is “2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.”
A couple other things that also occurred on this day are:
1962 – Mariner 2 flies by Venus, the first man-made object to do so.
1969 – The Jackson Five make their debut appearance on network television.
Happy birthday to Ted Raimi, Cliff Williams, and Dee Wallace.