1997 - Mike Tyson drew blood and the stain of his actions might never be washed away, for him or the sport he once ruled. In what was billed as the biggest fight in boxing history, Tyson twice spit out his mouthpiece and bit Evander Holyfield during clinches in the third round, apparently in retribution for a second-round butt by Holyfield. The first bite took a chunk out of Holyfield’s ear and the second, coming only 23 seconds later, caused referee Mills Lane to disqualify him in this WBA heavyweight title fight at the end of the third. In one of the most sensational world title bouts in boxing history, challenger Mike Tyson was disqualified for twice biting Evander Holyfield’s ears in the third round. Tyson ripped a chunk out of Holyfield’s right ear and spat it out.
Other important events
1797 - France occupies Ionian Islands of Greece.
1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte’s army crosses Vilna River as Russian forces retreat.
1846 - The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax in Paris, France.
1881 - Immigration Act of New Zealand restricts Japanese immigration.
1895 - El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.
1914 - Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated at Sarajevo, igniting the First World War.
1919 - Treaty of Versailles ending the First World War is signed in France.
1939 - Pan American Airways launches the first transatlantic passenger service.
1950 - North Korean soldiers capture Seoul, as South Koreans retreat south of Han River.
1964 - Malcolm X forms the Organisation for Afro-American Unity.
1981 - A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republic Party.
1996 - Turkey’s president Suleyman Demirel approves the country’s first Islamic-led government in 73 years.
2001 - Yugoslavia hands over Slobodan Milosevic to the UN war crimes tribunal.
2004 - US hands over sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government.
2011 - Christine Lagarde becomes the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund.
2012 - UAE helps broker first bilateral agreement between Somalia and Somaliland in 21 years.
2013 - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sworn in for a second term.
2015 - SpaceX rocket explodes over Florida’s skies.
