1462 Louis XII of France (born) (died 1515)
1556 The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
1574 Giorgio Vasari (died), Italian painter, architect, and historian (born 1511)
1627 John Hayward (died), English historian (born 1564)
1696 William Pepperrell (born), American merchant and soldier (died 1759)
1717 Louis Guillaume Le Monnier (born), French botanist (died 1799)
1743 War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: On the battlefield in Bavaria, George II personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.
1806 British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
1829 James Smithson (died), English chemist and mineralogist (born 1765)
1838 Paul Mauser (born), German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (died 1914)
1844 Joseph Smith (died), American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1805)
1844 Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1865 John Monash (born), Australian engineer and general (died 1931)
1869 Kate Carew (born), American caricaturist and journalist (died 1961)
1880 Helen Keller (born), American author and activist (died 1968)
1895 The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York, New York, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
1898 The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
1899 Juan Trippe (born), American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (died 1981)
1905 Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.
1907 Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (died), American educator, co-founder of Radcliffe College (born 1822)
1913 Willie Mosconi (born), American pool player (died 1993)
1930 Ross Perot (born), American businessman and politician
1942 Bruce Johnston (born), American singer-songwriter and producer (The Beach Boys and Bruce & Terry)
1945 Joey Covington (born), American drummer (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) (died 2013)
1946 In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
1949 Frank Smythe (died), English botanist and mountaineer (born 1900)
1949 Vera Wang (born), American figure skater and fashion designer
1950 The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
1952 Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
1954 The world’s first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1966 J. J. Abrams (born), American director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 Kelly Ayotte (born), American politician
1971 After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the “Church of Rock and Roll”.
1973 George Hincapie (born), American cyclist
1974 U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
1975 Tobey Maguire (born), American actor and producer
1976 Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
1977 France grants independence to Djibouti.
1982 Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
1985 Nico Rosberg (born), German race car driver
1985 U.S. Route 66 is officially removed from the United States Highway System.
1996 Albert R. Broccoli (died), American film producer (born 1909)
1999 Chandler Riggs (born), American actor
2001 Jack Lemmon (died), American actor and singer (born 1925)
2002 John Entwistle (died), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Who) (born 1944)
2004 George Patton IV (died), American general (born 1923)
2005 Shelby Foote (died), American historian and author (born 1917)
2007 Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
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