683 St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
987 Hugh Capet (Hugh the Great) crowned King of the Franks
1090 Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II
1428 Treaty of Delft between Jacoba of Bavaria & Philip the Good of Burgundy
1630 Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
1720 Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty
1767 Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret
1767 Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date)
1775 George Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts
1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania
1778 Prussia declares war on Austria
1806 Michael Keens exhibits 1st lareg-scale cultivated strawberry
1814 Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada (War of 1812)
1816 French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
1819 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
1839 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students
1841 John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
1844 The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
1848 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
1849 The French entered Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
1852 Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, California)
1861 Colonel Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general
1861 Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from NY
1861 Martinsburg, Virginia - Confederate forces pull out before US advance
1863 Battle of Donaldsonville, Louisiana
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War
1864 Battle of Chattahoochie River, Georia [until Jul 9]
1864 Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
1876 Montenegro declares war on Turkey
1883 SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
1884 Dow Jones publishes its 1st stock index, the Dow Jones Transportation Average
1886 1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine
1890 Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
1890 King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium
1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)
1898 American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1898 Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)
1898 Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
1898 US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
1900 Trying to stem the growing popular resentment, Tsar Nicholas of Russia issues a decree that abolishes the banishment of dissidents and troublemakers to Siberia
1900 The British evacuate Rustenburg and occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek in the Anglo-Boer war
1901 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats R.F. Doherty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 for his 1st of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
1905 Kuyper government forms in Holland
1905 American boxer Marvin Hart scores a 12th round KO of Jack Root in Reno, Nevada for world heavyweight title
1907 Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
1908 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper Sterry wins her 5th and final Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Agnes Morton
1908 Wimbledon Mens' Tennis: Arthur Gore takes his 2nd of 3 Wimbledon titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4
1908 Indian nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak arrested for sedition by the British in wake of Muzzafarpur bombing
1909 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dora Boothby earns her only Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 win over Agnes Morton
1909 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore beats Josiah Ritchie 6-8, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 for back-to-back titles
1912 NY Giants pitcher Rube Marquard ties Tim Keefe's 1888 record 19 game win-streak (started April 11)
1913 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
1913 Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors
1915 After exploding a bomb in US Senate reception room previous day, Erich Muenter, a German instructor at Cornell University, shoots JP Morgan for representing the British government in war contract negotiations
1916 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die)
1917 Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride Palace, Petrograd
1918 SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament
1920 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bill Tilden, becomes first American male to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Gerald Patterson of Australia 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1920 Java Technical School, Bandung, opens
1920 Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
1920 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to complete a sweep after taking the women's & mixed doubles titles
1923 Dockers' strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
1925 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France takes her 6th Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Briton Joan Fry
1926 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Briton Kitty Godfree wins her second Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Spaniard Lilí Álvarez
1926 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frenchman Jean Borotra wins his second Wimbledon singles title 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 over American Howard Kinsey
1929 Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber
1930 US Veterans Administration created
1931 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sidney Wood Jr beats fellow American Frank Shields in a walkover - ankle injury
1931 German boxer Max Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in 15 in Cleveland, his first heavyweight title defence
1931 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-German final Cilly Aussem beats Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 6-2, 7-5
1932 After 30 years as manager of the New York Giants, John McGraw retires from baseball (2,583 wins / 1,948 losses NY)
1934 FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria IL
1936 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Helen Jacobs wins her only Wimbledon title beating Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1936 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home favourite Fred Perry beats Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 for his third straight Wimbledon singles title
1937 Del Mar Turf Club, with crooner Bing Crosby as president and actor Pat O'Brien as a club officer, opens for racing
1940 ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, to prevent Germany seizing it
1940 German occupiers forbid using Dutch royal names
1942 German troops march into Sebastopol, Crimea
1942 Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bock's headquarters in Ukraine
1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-628
1944 Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore
1944 US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin
1946 1st Dutch government of Beel forms
1946 The Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1,500 people
1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
1947 Soviet Union doesn't participate in Marshall Plan
1948 Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death, California; execution dosn't happen until 1960
1950 Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
1952 Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
1953 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Vic Seixas wins his only Wimbledon singles title with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Dane Kurt Nielsen
1953 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly wins 2nd leg of her Grand Slam beating fellow American Doris Hart 8-6, 7-5
1954 "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 performances
1954 US Open Women's Golf, Salem CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by a record 12 strokes from Betty Hicks in her comeback event 14 months after radical colon cancer surgery
1958 "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
1959 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Alex Olmedo wins his only Wimbledon title beating Rod Laver of Australia 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1959 British Open Golf, Muirfield: South African Gary Player wins by 2 from Fred Bullock and Flory Van Donck
1959 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her first of 3 Wimbledon singles titles beating Darlene Hard 6-4, 6-3
1962 Algerian Revolution against French rule ends (Algeria gains independence on 5th July)
1963 In New Zealand, a National Airways Corporation Dakota DC-3 crashes in the Kaimai Ranges; all 23 passengers and crew are killed in New Zealand’s worst internal civil aviation accident
1964 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle 6-4, 12-10, 4-6, 6-3
1964 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Brazilian Maria Bueno earns a 3rd Wimbledon singles title with a 6-4, 7-9, 6-3 win over Margaret Court
1965 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 7-5, her second of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
1965 USSR and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact
1965 Harold Strachan, member of the Communist Party of South Africa and Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress, is served with a restriction order in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act
1966 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National: American Sandra Spuzich wins by 1 from Carol Mann for her only LPGA major title
1966 Atlanta Braves Tony Cloninger, 1st NL player and only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a MLB game (17-3 v SF Giants)
1966 Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
1967 "News at 10" premieres on British TV
1968 41°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July
1968 Cleveland pitcher Luis Tiant strikes out a record 19 Minnesota Twins (10 inns) for another record 32 Ks in consecutive games
1968 As part of a series of protests against housing conditions in Derry, the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) hold a sit-down protest on the newly opened second deck of the Craigavon Bridge in the city, Northern Ireland
1969 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
1970 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
1970 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Billie Jean King 14-12, 11-9 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title
1970 British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
1970 California Angels pitcher Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
1970 The British Army impose curfew on Falls Road area of Belfast as they search for weapons; coming under attack from the Official IRA (OIRA) and republican rioters
1971 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John Newcombe of Australia beats American Stan Smith 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 for his third and final Wimbledon singles title
1972 Themba Sono is forced to resign as president of South African Student Organisation (SASO)
1972 The Ulster Defence Association and the British Army come into conflict about a 'no-go' area at Ainsworth Avenue, Belfast
1973 Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses
1973 General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA
1974 Pitching in MLB-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win over the Reds
1974 Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1974 Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win
1976 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg beats Ilie Năstase of Romania 6-4, 6-2, 9-7 for the first of 5 straight Wimbledon titles
1976 Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain
1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1977 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: Judy Rankin wins by 3 strokes from Pat Meyers and Sandra Palmer
1977 The Senegalese Republican Movement (MRS) is founded
1977 Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew's 9-race win streak ends in the Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park, finishes 4th
1978 US Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1980 US Open Senior Golf, Winged Foot: Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina wins inaugural event by 4 shots from William C. Campbell
1980 Biggest MLB crowd in 7 years, 73,096 watch Indians beat Yankees, 7-0 at Cleveland Stadium
1981 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title
1981 NYC transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token
1982 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 for the first of 6-straight Wimbledon singles titles
1982 Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages Ÿ1 million)
1983 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Beaconsfield GC: Hollis Stacy wins by 2 strokes from JoAnn Carner and Alice Miller
1983 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American John McEnroe outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1983 Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m)
1983 Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's
1984 After 22 years, England Test cricket spinner Derek Underwood hits a maiden 1st class century (111) for Kent v Sussex at Hastings
1984 Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
1984 West Indies cricket opener Gordon Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 242 balls in 9-wicket Lord's Test win v England
1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
1985 Tinker Bell's first nightly flight at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida
1986 Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
1988 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Sally Little wins by 1 stroke from Laura Davies of England
1988 A's Gene Nelson becomes 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 in 9-8 win over Toronto
1988 US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
1988 The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus
1989 Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm
1989 US Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
1989 The movie "Batman" set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
1990 Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
1990 Liberian President Samuel Kanyon Doe offers to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country; he is later kidnapped and executed
1991 Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease for the Cleveland Indians to play MLB at Jacobs Field
1992 Thirty-one years after being expelled, South Africa has its FIFA membership reinstated
1993 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, German Steffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
1994 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras successfully defends title against Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 7-6, 7-6, 6-0
1994 US Open Senior Golf, Pinehurst: South African Simon Hobday wins by 1 stroke from Graham Marsh and Jim Albus
1994 FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
1994 The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people killed in crashes.
1996 UK House of Commons announces that the Stone of Scone, aka the Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scottish (and subsequently English and British monarchs), will be returned to Scotland after 700 years in Westminster Abbey
1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
1999 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lindsay Davenport beats Steffi Graf 6-4, 7-5 for her only Wimbledon singles title
2001 A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people
2001 At a meeting of its oil ministers, OPEC agrees to maintain current production quotas; ministers indicate that, if Iraqi oil returns to the market, they may cut production in response to maintain their desired level of prices
2004 Official opening of Bangkok's subway system.
2004 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maria Sharapova becomes first Russian player to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4
2005 The national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect in Spain
2005 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer makes it 3 straight Wimbledon titles beating American Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6, 6-4
2006 Asteroid labeled as 2004 XP14 flies 432,308 km (268,624 miles) by Earth.
2006 US Open Women's Golf, Newport CC: Annika Sörenstam wins her 10th and final major title by 4 strokes in a playoff with Pat Hurst
2007 America's Cup: Swiss defender Alinghi beats Team New Zealand by 1 second to take the series 5-2 off Valencia, Spain
2007 "Just Got Started Lovin' You" single released by James Otto (Billboard Song of the Year 2008)
2009 Mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.
2010 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams successfully defends her crown overpowering Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3 6-2
2011 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 for his first Wimbledon title
2012 Truck bombing kills 25 people and wounds 40 in Diwaniyah, Iraq
2012 Antonio Esfandiari wins a record $18.3 million in poker after winning the 2012 World Series of Poker $1,000,000 Buy-In
2013 Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president
2014 Germany passes first nation-wide minimum wage law – at 8.5 euros
2015 Adelaide Crows Australian Rules Football coach Phil Walsh is murdered by his son Cy at his Somerton Park home
2017 Bus crash in traffic jam and resulting fire kills 18 near Muenchberg, Germany
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