70 - Siege of Jerusalem – Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle – King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
1810 - Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
1871 - British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
1903 - The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
1917 - World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
1922 - The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
1940 - Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
1949 - Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
1951 - King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
1968 - The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon almost 7 hours later. (US Time)
1982 - Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
1989 - Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
2012 - During a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, a gunman opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58.
Famous Birthdays
356 BC - Alexander the Great, King of Persia and Asia, Pharaoh of Egypt, and King of Macedonia
1868 - Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania
1890 - George II of Greece
1929 - Mike Ilitch, businessman, co-founded Little Caesars
1942 - Pete Hamilton, NASCAR racer
1945 - John Lodge, singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1953 - Dave Evans, singer
1964 - Dean Winters, actor
1973 - HRH Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
1978 - Charlie Korsmo, actor
1982 - Percy Daggs III, actor
1985 - David Mundy, footballer
1989 - Javier Cortés, footballer
1999 - HRH Princess Alexandra of Hanover
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