465 Ahkal Mo’ Naab’ I (born), Mayan ruler (died 524)
967 Emperor Murakami of Japan (died) (born 926)
1029 Al-Mustansir Billah (born), Egyptian Caliph (died 1094)
1295 Scotland and France forms an alliance, the so-called “Auld Alliance”, against England.
1539 Anthony Maria Zaccaria (died), Italian saint (born 1502)
1547 Garzia de’ Medici (born), Tuscan son of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1562)
1554 Elisabeth of Austria (born), Queen of France (died 1592)
1586 Thomas Hooker (born), English-American settler, founded the Colony of Connecticut (died 1647)
1610 John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
1675 Mary Walcott (born), American witness at the Salem witch trials (died 1719)
1687 Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1755 Sarah Siddons (born), Welsh-English actress (died 1831)
1775 The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
1794 Sylvester Graham (born), American activist (died 1851)
1801 David Farragut (born), American admiral (died 1870)
1805 Robert FitzRoy (born), English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (died 1865)
1810 P. T. Barnum (born), American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (died 1891)
1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
1813 War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York commence.
1814 War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
1819 William Cornwallis (died), English admiral and politician (born1744)
1826 Stamford Raffles (died), English politician, founded Singapore (born 1782)
1833 Nicéphore Niépce (died), French inventor, created the first known photograph (born 1765)
1857 Clara Zetkin (born), German theorist and activist (died 1933)
1862 Heinrich Georg Bronn (died), German geologist and paleontologist (born 1800)
1879 Wanda Landowska (born), Polish-French harpsichord player (died 1959)
1884 Victor Massé (died), French composer (born 1822)
1888 Herbert Spencer Gasser (born), American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1963)
1889 Jean Cocteau (born), French author, poet, and playwright (died 1963)
1890 Frederick Lewis Allen (born), American historian and journalist (died 1954)
1891 John Howard Northrop (born), American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
1895 Gordon Jacob (born), English composer (died 1984)
1900 Yoshimaro Yamashina (born), Japanese ornithologist (died 1989)
1901 Sergey Obraztsov (born), Russian puppeteer (died 1992)
1902 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (born), American colonel and politician, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1985)
1904 Ernst Mayr (born), German-American biologist (died 2005)
1904 Harold Acton (born), English author (died 1994)
1912 Mack David (born), American songwriter (died 1993)
1920 Max Klinger (died), German painter and sculptor (born 1857)
1927 Albrecht Kossel (died), German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853)
1928 Warren Oates (born), American actor (died 1982)
1934 “Bloody Thursday” Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
1935 The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1937 Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
1943 Robbie Robertson (born), Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Band)
1943 World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
1945 World War II: The liberation of the Philippines is declared.
1946 The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France.
1948 National Health Service Acts creates the national public health systems in the United Kingdom.
1950 Huey Lewis (born), American singer-songwriter and actor (Huey Lewis and the News and Clover)
1950 Korean War: Task Force Smith American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
1950 Michael Monarch (born), American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Steppenwolf, Detective, and World Classic Rockers)
1950 Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
1954 Jimmy Crespo (born), American guitarist and songwriter (Aerosmith and Stress)
1954 The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1958 Bill Watterson (born), American cartoonist
1959 Marc Cohn (born), American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1962 Algeria becomes independent from France.
1963 Edie Falco (born), American actress
1968 Kenji Ito (born), Japanese composer
1969 Walter Gropius (died), German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (born 1883)
1971 Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
1975 Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
1975 Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
1977 Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
1983 Harry James (died), American trumpet player and actor (born 1916)
1987 The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers were born and, in the following years, continued to kill with the tactic.
1989 Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions were later overturned.
1995 The Republic of Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
1996 Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
1999 U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
1999 Wolverhampton, England is hit by storms, including a tornado. The area was hit again with severe storms on August 1.
2002 Ted Williams (died), American baseball player and manager (born 1918)
2004 Rodger Ward (died), American race car driver (born 1921)
2006 Kenneth Lay (died), American businessman (born 1942)
2006 North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly failed in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
2009 The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
2012 The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
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