1910

The offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a bomb explosion and fire; 21 Times employees were killed.

1957

The motto “In God We Trust” began appearing on U.S. paper currency.

1964

The Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, Berkeley.

1987

Eight people were killed when a magnitude-5.9 earthquake shook the Los Angeles area.

2017

A gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans at a concert below, leaving 58 people dead and more than 800 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history; the gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock, killed himself before police arrived. ... O.J. Simpson was released from a prison in Nevada after serving nine years for a botched hotel-room heist in Las Vegas.

Birthdays

Former President Jimmy Carter is 99. Actor-singer Julie Andrews is 88. Actor Randy Quaid is 73. R&B singer Howard Hewett is 68. Former British Prime Minister Theresa May is 67. Actor Christopher Titus is 59. Actor-model Cindy Margolis is 58. Actor Zach Galifianakis is 54. Actor Sarah Drew is 43. Actor Brie Larson is 34. San Diego Padres infielder Xander Bogaerts is 31. Actor Jack Stanton is 15.