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1298 - English defeat the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk 1632 - Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro Palace for King Philip IV 1923 - 17th Tour de France won by Henri Pelissier of France 1926 - 108°F (42°C), Troy, NY (state record) 1954 - US Virgin Islands adopt constitution (Revised Organic Act) 1984 - 22nd Federation Cup Women's Tennis, São Paulo, Brazil: Czech pair Hana Mandlíková and Helena Suková beat Australians Elizabeth Sayers and Wendy Turnbull 6-2, 6-2 for a 2-1 victory 1997 - "One Piece," world's best-selling manga and comic series, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, first appears serialized in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" in Japan 2014 - European Union claims that Israel "has the right to defend itself," but says civilian casualties in Gaza are unacceptable 2019 - India's lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2 successfully takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota aiming to be fourth nation to soft-land on the moon 2022 - Droupadi Murmu is the first tribal politician to be elected President of India (head of state, without executive powers) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 259 - Saint Dionysius elected as Pope, succeeding Sixtus II 1950 - Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge 1950 - King Leopold returns to Belgium after 6 years in exile 1960 - Cuba nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories 1991 - Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 men in 1978 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1844 - William Archibald Spooner, English Oxford Don and reverend and inventor (spoonerisms), born in London, England (d. 1930) 1878 - Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin: Martin Luther), born in Nancy, France (d. 1956) 1882 - Edward Hopper, American painter (Nighthawks, House by the Railroad), born in Upper Nyack, New York (d. 1967) 1967 - Rhys Ifans [Evans], Welsh actor (Notting Hill; The Replacements; Enduring Love), and rock singer (The Peth), born in Haverfordwest, Wales 1972 - Colin Ferguson, Canadian actor known for "Eureka", born in Montreal, Quebec More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1794 - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, French composer, dies at 59 1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (found 1st asteroid-Ceres), dies at 80 1864 - William H. T. Walker, American Major General (Confederate Army), killed in action at 47 during the Atlanta Campaign 2005 - Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940) 2008 - Joe Beck, American session and jazz guitarist (Don Sebesky; Gil Evans; Gato Barbieri; Esther Phillips), and bandleader, dies of lung cancer at 62 More Famous Deaths »

230 - St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1545 - The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion 1588 - First engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Eddystone Rocks 1913 - The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law 1940 - VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands 1962 - 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany, Georgia 1970 - Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property 1972 - Two passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain) 1977 - Sanjiva Reddy is elected sixth President of India unopposed 2015 - On This Day changes its domain name and brand from HistoryOrb.com to OnThisDay.com More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine 1952 - "The Quiet Man" film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara is released in the UK 1964 - Race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay groups, 23 killed, 454 injured 1973 - France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific 1991 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1810 - Henri V. Regnault, French physicist and chemist, born in Aachen (d. 1878) 1909 - Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, English Egyptologist, born in London (d. 1996) 1920 - Constant [Nieuwenhuys], Dutch painter (Uprising of Homo Ludens), and sculptor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2005) 1926 - Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and Governor of Balochistan (1978-84), born in Qaimganj, British India (d. 2022) 1989 - Rory Culkin, American actor (Signs), born in New York City More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1910 - Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66 1970 - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907) 1986 - Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60 2010 - Ralph Houk, American baseball catcher, coach, manager and executive (World Series champion 1947, 52-53, coach, 58; mgr 1961-62; NY Yankees), dies at 90 2022 - Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker (72 caps West Germany; Hamburger SV 476 games, 404 goals), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

1654 - Anglo-Portuguese treaty is reinforced, England guarantees Portugal’s independence and receives trade concessions 1712 - The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain 1793 - Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie completes the first European east-to-west crossing of America north of Mexico 1926 - A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests 1943 - Jacques Lusseyran is arrested by the Gestapo after being betrayed by a fellow member of the French resistance 1951 - Talal bin Abdullah (42) is coronated as King of Jordan, after the assassination of his father 1963 - Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1981 - Irene Sáez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe 1982 - Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London 2020 - Scientists find evidence of volcanoes on Venus, showing the planet is not as dormant as previously thought (Nature Geoscience) More Historical Events »

Historical Events 514 - St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus 1942 - Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy taking 8-8; West Indian cricket domestic first class record 1961 - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley's musical "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off" premieres at Queen's Theater in London's West End 1963 - US Open Women's Golf, Kenwood CC: Mary Mills wins her first of 3 major titles by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Louise Suggs and Sandra Haynie 2015 - British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: American Zach Johnson wins in a 4-hole play-off with Australian Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1513 - Gaspar Schetz, Dutch nobleman and financier (royal treasurer general of the Habsburg Netherlands), born in Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire (now Belgium) (d. 1580) 1663 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver, born in Loire-sur-Rhône, Lyon (d. 1738) 1945 - John Lodge, British bassist, vocalist, and songwriter (The Moody Blues - "I'm Just A Singer"; "Gemini Dream"), born in Birmingham, England 1973 - Peter Forsberg, Swedish NHL center (Colorado Avalanche), born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden 1976 - Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock musician (Wolfmother), born in Brisbane, Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1964 - Anna Vyrubova, Russian lady-in-waiting, the best friend and confidante of Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna, dies at 80 1984 - Gail Kubik, American composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69 1999 - Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916) 2015 - Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, dies at 80 2022 - Douglas Mitchell, Canadian Football Hall of Fame executive (CFL Commissioner 1984-88), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »

1692 - Five more people - Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, Sarah Good, and Sarah Wildes - hanged for allegedly practicing witchcraft as a result of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts Bay Colony 1696 - Russian Tsar Peter I's fleet occupies the southern mouth of the Don River and gains access to the Sea of Azov, after the surrender of the Ottoman Azov garrison 1875 - Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick children, makes trial trip, NYC 1908 - Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978 1942 - US première of Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony in NYC by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in a concert broadcast nationwide on NBC radio 1957 - 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada 1970 - 57th Tour de France: Defending champion Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins general, mountains and combination categories 1973 - NY Mets future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays is named to NL All Star team for 24th time (ties Stan Musial) 2019 - Heat wave begins across the east of America affecting 100 million people and killing 6, with New York city declaring a state of emergency 2022 - Temperatures exceed 40°C in parts of England for first time More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1936 - Spanish premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral 1982 - David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon 2013 - 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq 2018 - Largest intact sarcophagus of its kind ever found (2000 years old) opened in Alexandria, contains 3 skeletons, not a curse as feared 2023 - Scientists discover metals can self-heal after observing metals cracking and fusing back together, paving the way for future self-healing structures and vehicles More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1822 - Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and granddaughter of George III, born in Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover (d. 1916) 1823 - George Henry Gordon, American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1886) 1894 - Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave, born in Howland, Maine (d. 1970) 1974 - Vincent Spadea, American tennis player, born in Chicago, Illinois 1981 - Didz Hammond, British bassist and backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things; The Cooper Temple Clause), born in Reading, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1054 - Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies 1913 - Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia for one day in 1882, dies at 60 1969 - Pavel I Apostolov, Russian military bandmaster, dies 1974 - Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer forward (2 caps Hungary; Ferencváros, NY Giants, NY Americans) and coach (United States [men] 1953-56), dies at 69 2013 - Poncie Ponce, American actor (Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye), dies from heart failure at 80 More Famous Deaths »

64 - Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero 1536 - Pope's authority declared void in England 1862 - Battle of Newburgh, Indiana - captured by Union forces 1870 - Pope Pius IX and the First Vatican Council officially proclaim the concept of papal infallibility 1947 - King George VI signs Indian Independence Act 1951 - Uruguay accepts its constitution 1976 - "Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances 1988 - Shooting begins on Bond film "License to Kill" 2012 - Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army 2024 - Chinese Third Plenum, a five-yearly decision-making summit, ends with a focus on "Chinese Modernisation" and lays groundwork for an unprecedented fourth term for Xi Jinping More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1768 - Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's first patriotic song 1925 - Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice" 1960 - 1st UN troops reach Congo 1968 - Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California 1976 - Stockhausens "Sirius" premieres in NYC More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1823 - Leonard Fulton Ross, American lawyer, probate judge, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Lewistown, Illinois (d. 1901) 1848 - W. G. Grace, English cricket batsman and captain (22 Tests; 2 x 100, HS 170; 54,896 runs over record 44 FC seasons; Gloucestershire CCC), born in Bristol, England (d. 1915) 1888 - Sydney Horler, English detective writer (Checkmate), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1954) 1927 - Carlo Franci, Italian composer and conductor, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2019) 1969 - Elizabeth Gilbert, American author (Eat Pray, Love), born in Waterbury, Connecticut More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1695 - Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), dies at 61 1902 - John White, American organist and composer based in Germany, dies at 47 2009 - Henry Allingham, oldest male British supercentenarian (born 1896) and World War I veteran, dies at 113 years, 42 days 2021 - Tom O'Connor, British comedian and TV game show host, dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 81 2022 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American pop artist (Clothespin; Alphabet; Good Humor), dies at 93 More Famous Deaths »

1712 - Great Britain, Portugal and France sign ceasefire [or 19th] 1912 - International Amateur Athletic Federation forms in Stockholm, Sweden (now known as World Athletics) 1925 - Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits 1944 - WWII: Port Chicago Disaster - explosion during munition loading kills 322 and, injures nearly 400, destroys three ships and a pier at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California; conditions inspire the Port Chicago Mutiny later that summer 1954 - Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands 1970 - 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC 1974 - Bob Gibson becomes second pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters (Cesar Geronimo) 1997 - STS 94 (Columbia 23) lands 2016 - 17 works by Swiss architect Le Corbusier included in UNESCO World Heritage sites list as "an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1948 - Israeli army captures Nazareth 1956 - MGM releases film "High Society", a musical re-working of "The Philadelphia Story" set in Newport, Rhode Island; starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra, with songs by Cole Porter 1964 - Don Campbell sets a record for a turbine vehicle at 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) 1987 - Iran and France break diplomatic relations 1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner of the USA sets 100 m woman's record (10.49) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1878 - Henri Zagwijn, Dutch composer and musicologist, born in Nieuwer-Amstel, Netherlands (d. 1954) 1883 - Mauritz Stiller [Moshe Stiller], Swedish actor and director (The Saga of Gösta Berling, Erotikon), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1928) 1941 - Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), born in Gifu, Japan (d. 2020) 1947 - Abraham Laboriel, Sr, Mexican-American session and jazz bassist, born in Mexico City 1949 - Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster, born in Malverne, New York More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1709 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia and politician, dies at 62 1928 - Giovanni Giolitti, 5x Prime Minister of Italy (1892-93, 1903-05, 1906-09, 1911-14, 1920-21), dies at 85 1943 - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-general of the Union of South Africa (1937 to 1943), dies at 72 1995 - Carlos Sánchez Málaga, Peruvian composer, dies at 91 2020 - Derek Ho, American surfer (World C'ship 1993; Hawaiian Triple Crown 1984, 86, 88, 90), dies from a heart attack at 55 More Famous Deaths »

1857 - Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore 1888 - Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Ernest Renshaw wins his lone major title; beats defending champion Herbert Lawford 6-3, 7-5, 6-0 1902 - John McGraw officially becomes manager of MLB New York Giants; 30 year tenure begins (1902-32) 1950 - FIFA World Cup Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Alcides Ghiggia scores a 79th minute winner as Uruguay beats Brazil, 2-1 1956 - Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1961 - Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1970 - Cincinnati Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's new Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2 1988 - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings 1990 - The ANC send a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demand an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas of South Africa 1993 - President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1790 - Congress declares the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, the permanent capital of the United States 1924 - NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games 1942 - French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris 1995 - Red Buttons' one-man show "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 33 performances 2017 - Kawhi Leonard re-signs with the San Antonio Spurs to a five-year, $90 million contract More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1925 - Cal Tjader, American Latin jazz vibraphonist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1982) 1948 - Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor, born in Panama City, Panama 1949 - Ray Majors, British rock guitarist (Mott the Hoople, 1975-76; British Lions, 1977-78), born in the UK (d. 2022) 1966 - Mike Horn, South African explorer, 1st to reach North Pole without dog or motorized transport, born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1980 - Adam Scott, Australian golfer (US Masters 2013), born in Adelaide, South Australia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1736 - Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies 1879 - Edward Deas Thomson, British-Australian politician, chancellor of the University of Sydney, and member of the Legislative Council of NSW, dies at 79 1979 - James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93 1991 - Dwight Weist, Radio actor and film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 2019 - John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975-2010), dies from complications of a stroke at 99 More Famous Deaths »

1240 - A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva 1901 - NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0 1939 - Clara Adams is the first woman to complete a commercial round-the-world flight from New York, lasting 16 days and 19 hours 1944 - Greenwich Royal Observatory in London damaged by WW II flying bomb 1954 - 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) 1957 - Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die 1969 - Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader 1972 - British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Lee Trevino claims his second straight Claret Jug; first to successfully defend his title since Arnold Palmer in 1962; wins by 1 stroke from Jack Nicklaus 1983 - Film version of "The Pirates of Penzance", starring Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Lansbury premieres in US 2014 - 85th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-3 at Target Field, Minnesota More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1815 - Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon at Rochefort after his earlier defeat at the Battle of Waterloo 1946 - British North Borneo Company transfers its rights to modern day Sabah to the British Crown 1954 - 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) 1968 - NJ Americans moved to Comack and become NY Nets (ABA) 1982 - Senate confirms George P. Shultz as US 60th Secretary of State by vote of 97-0 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1914 - Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries, born in Agra, British India (d. 1999) 1924 - Jeremiah Denton, American politician (Senator-R-Alabama, 1981-86), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2014) 1949 - WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), born in South Africa (d. 1994) 1956 - Kathy Kreiner, Canadian alpine skier (Olympic gold giant slalom 1976), born in Timmins, Ontario 1961 - Forest Whitaker, American actor and director ("The Last King of Scotland"; "Platoon"), born in Longview, Texas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1871 - Tad Lincoln, youngest son of US President Abraham Lincoln, dies at 18 1919 - [Hermann] Emil Fischer, German chemist, discovered Fischer esterification (Nobel Prize 1902), commits suicide at 66 1931 - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (Poisson distribution) and economist, dies at 62 1939 - Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies 1961 - John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884) More Famous Deaths »

1911 - 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines 1941 - Cease fire of Joan of Arc (ends combat in Lebanon and Syria) 1946 - Cleveland's Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles and HR, but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs 1960 - Fire rages through a Guatemala City insane asylum killing 225 and severely injuring 300 1965 - Israeli Jordanian border fights 1969 - A 67-year-old Catholic civilian dies after being attacked by RUC officers in Dungiven; many consider this the first death of 'the Troubles' 1986 - 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid 2019 - Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: Retief Goosen of South Africa birdies final 2 holes to secure his first Champions Tour win by 2 strokes from Jay Haas and Tim Petrovic 2019 - First Ebola case on Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, city of 1 million, as toll of outbreak reaches 1600 victims 2024 - Wimbledon Men's Tennis: At just 21, Carlos Alcaraz wins his fourth major title beating 7-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1966 - 53rd Tour de France won by Lucien Aimar of France 1985 - Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24 1990 - Sara Martin, of Illinois, crowned America's Junior Miss 1996 - NY Yankees sweep complete season series in Baltimore for first time 2013 - US Senior Open Men's Golf, Omaha CC: Kenny Perry wins by 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Funk More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1921 - Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist (1973 Nobel Prize - organometallic compounds), born in Todmorden, England (d. 1996) 1928 - Nancy Olson, American actress (Sunset Boulevard; The Absent-Minded Professor; Pollyanna), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1952 - Jerry Houser, American actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44), born in Los Angeles, California 1959 - Susana Martinez, American politician (Governor of New Mexico) 1st female Hispanic US governor, born in El Paso, Texas 1966 - Matthew Fox, American actor (Party of 5, Lost), born in Abington, Pennsylvania More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1614 - Camillus de Lellis, Italian Roman Catholic saint (founder of the Ministers of the Sick), dies at 64 1744 - Immanuel J. Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28 1789 - Jacques de Flesselles, French provost, shot and killed in the early days of the French Revolution at 58 1816 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66 1984 - Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (Shaft; The French Connection), dies at 56 More Famous Deaths »

1868 - Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1878 - Congress of Berlin ends, redrawing the terms of Treaty of San Stefano to give Russia less influence in old Ottoman Empire 1911 - Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side 1969 - Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon 1985 - New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniform numbers 1993 - 64th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore; MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins) 1996 - Cigar wins a record 16th consecutive race, tying Citation's record from 1940 1999 - 70th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-1 at Fenway Park, Boston 2005 - TV police procedural "The Closer" debuts on TNT starring Kyra Sedgwick 2014 - British Open Women's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Mo Martin wins her first major title, 1 shot ahead of runners-up Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1911 - Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side 1967 - Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey; 27 die 2012 - Financially troubled Scottish football club, Rangers, is voted into the third division 2018 - Outline of 5,000-year-old henge is discovered at Newgrange, Ireland, through drought and drone footage 2022 - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives just before leaving office amid nationwide protests and economic unrest More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1895 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (played Ted Roosevelt in 7 movies, Rosemary's Baby), born in Salisbury, North Carolina (d. 1973) 1913 - Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), born in Schnectady, New York (d. 1982) 1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, born in Vidalenzo, Italy (d. 2014) 1941 - Lut Tomsin, Belgian actress and director (Knock on the Door), born in Tongeren, Belgium 1974 - Jarno Trulli, Italian auto racer (Monaco F1 GP 2004; German Formula 3 Series 1996), born in Pescara, Italy More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1762 - James Bradley, English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth's nutation motion, dies at 69 1965 - Photis Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer, dies at 69 1997 - Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92 2012 - Richard Darryl Zanuck, American Academy Award-winning film producer, dies from a heart attack at 77 2020 - Chuck Hulse, American auto racer (USAC Champ Car Series, 26 x top 10 finishes), dies at 92 More Famous Deaths »

1191 - Third Crusade: City of Acre surrenders to English King Richard I the Lionheart and the Crusaders after a siege of nearly two years 1785 - First manned flight in Netherlands: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard lifts off in his gas balloon from Noordeinde Palace in The Hague 1790 - French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state 1943 - 8th day of Battle of Kursk, USSR: Operation Kutuzov (Soviet counter-offensive begins 1948 - First jets to fly across Atlantic (six RAF de Havilland Vampires) 1949 - Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence 1971 - Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders 1975 - England cricket wicketkeeper Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield 2011 - 82nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix 2013 - 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1927 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, half way to his MLB record of 60 home runs, smacks #30 off Joe Shautes in 9th inning in New York's 7-0 win over Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field in Cleveland 1943 - National Committee Freies Deutschland forms 1951 - NY Yankees pitcher Allie Reynolds throws no-hitter in Cleveland against the Indians, his former team, in a 1-0 win 1975 - Sao Tomé e Príncipe gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1996 - Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1852 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1933) 1870 - Louis II [Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi], Prince of Monaco, born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1949) 1912 - Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader ("Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"), born in Newton, New Jersey (d. 1989) 1935 - Hans Tilkowski, German soccer goalkeeper (39 caps, West Germany; Westfalia Herne, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Husen, Germany (d. 2020) 1946 - Sian Barbara Allen, American actress (Scream Pretty Peggy), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2025) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1934 - Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American industrialist and inventor (outboard marine engine), dies at 57 1990 - Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71 1995 - Ernie Furtado, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 72 1996 - John Boon, English publisher (MiIls and Boon), dies at 79 2004 - Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918) More Famous Deaths »

1922 - The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles 1969 - Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" 1984 - US Government mandates that all cars must be equipped with airbags or seatbelts by 1989 1987 - Heart's "Alone" single goes to #1 for three weeks 2004 - Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by one stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain 2010 - FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra-time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title 2012 - Twentieth ESPY Awards: LeBron James and Brittney Griner win 2013 - "Orange Is the New Black" premieres on Netflix, starring Taylor Schilling, as the first series to be nominated for comedy and drama Emmy awards 2015 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4 2023 - Heavy rains in northern India result in 20 deaths, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods, closing over 700 roads More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1616 - Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec 1859 - Big Ben's second and current bell first chimes inside the Clock Tower 1864 - Confederate forces led by General Jubal Early begin invasion of Washington, D.C. with the Battle of Fort Stevens 1915 - German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam 1995 - Shaggy releases his third studio album "Bombastic" (Grammy Award Best Reggae Album) More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1826 - Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and folklorist, born in Boguchar, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1871) 1909 - Greta Schoon, German poet, and kindergarten teacher, born in Spetzerfehn, Germany (d. 1991) 1924 - Claus Bremer, German dramatist, born in Hamburg (d. 1996) 1929 - David Kelly, Irish actor (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - "Grandpa Joe";, Fawlty Towers), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2012) 1990 - Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player (Australian Open 2018), born in Odense, Denmark More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1302 - Robert II, Count of Artois and French soldier, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs at 51 1593 - Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn) 1874 - Xavier de Mérode, Belgium minister to the Pope in Rome, dies at 54 1998 - Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player (Wimbledon runner-up 1926-28), dies at 93 2022 - Víctor Benítez, Peruvian soccer centre-back / defensive midfielder (11 caps; AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan, Boca Juniors), dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »

1553 - Lady Jane Grey, daughter of the Duke of Suffolk, is proclaimed Queen of England, succeeding Edward VI, who declares his half-sisters illegitimate, and reigns for 9 days 1863 - Battle of Jackson, Mississippi - captured by Federals [->Jul 16] 1884 - First day of Test Cricket at Old Trafford, Manchester (1st Test, England v Australia) is washed out 1922 - Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 1943 - US, British, and Canadian forces invade Sicily in WWII (Operation Husky) 1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Atoll 1964 - British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, five strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus 1964 - Jesús Alou is the first San Francisco Giant in 40 years to get six hits in a game in a 10-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field 1965 - Beatles' "VI" album goes to number 1 and stays at number 1 for 6 weeks 1971 - 100th British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan More Historical Events »