2002 - World number one Tiger Woods retained the Deutsche Bank Open, beating Briton Colin Montgomerie in a sudden death playoff at the St Leon-Rot Course. After both players finished on 20-under-par 268, Woods won at the third extra hole with a par when Montgomerie hit his second shot out of the bunker into a lake. It was a disappointing finale for Montgomerie, who having started the day a stroke in front of the 26-year-old Masters champion, carded a closing three-under-par 69 to Woods’s 68. The 38-year-old Scot surged three shots ahead by the second, but was pegged back to just a stroke again by Woods’s eagle on the third. Woods, winner of seven majors, was relentless as he took over the lead for the first time in the tournament at the 67th hole.
Other important events
1873 - Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis receive the US patent for the invention of men’s work pants.
1891 - The first public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope to members of the US National Federation of Women’s Clubs.
1902 - US ends its occupation of Cuba.
1919 - Volcano Keluit erupts in Java killing 550.
1920 - Mexican president Venustiano Carranza is murdered by political opponents after fleeing the capital.
1927 - US aviator Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island on his historic solo flight to France.
1941 - The first airborne invasion takes place as Nazi Germany captures the island of Crete.
1963 - Sukarno is appointed president of Indonesia.
1974 - Libya and the Soviet Union sign a pact for increased trade and weapons aid to Tripoli.
1978 - Mavis Hutchinson becomes the first woman to run across America.
1990 - Romania holds free, democratic elections for the first time in 45 years.
1992 - India successfully launches a space satellite using domestic technology.
1994 - Ali Salem Al Beidh, Yemen’s vice-president, declares the southern part of the country independent, leading to civil war.
1996 - The UAE’s Federal Supreme Council draws up a permanent constitution and names Abu Dhabi as the federal capital of the UAE.
2000 - Taiwan inaugurates President Chen Shui-bian.
2002 - East Timor becomes an independent nation.
2015 - Juventus ends a 20-year wait for an Italian Cup final victory with a 2-1 historic win over Lazio.
