1548 - La Paz, Bolivia, is founded 1801 - Pope Pius VII and 1st consul Napoleon sign concord 1935 - First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1965 - Mont Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1966 - David Heneker's musical "Half a Sixpence", starring Tommy Steels, and based on H.G. Well's 1905 novel "Kipps", closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 511 performances 1988 - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings 1988 - Landmark Japanese animated cyberpunk manga film "Akira" released, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo 1995 - Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis's musical "Chronicles of a Death Foretold", based on Gabriel García Márquez's 1981 novella, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances 2007 - An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occurs off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake. 2017 - US Open Women's Golf, Trump National GC: Park Sung-hyun wins by 2 shots from fellow South Korean Choi Hye-jin More Historical Events »