1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France during the French Revolution.
1809 - Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
1821 - José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
1896 - The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
1914 - World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
1957 - Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kill 992.
1993 - Andorra joins the United Nations.
2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
2008 - The historic Grand Pier in Weston super Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.
Famous Birthdays
1347 - Margaret of Durazzo, Queen consort of Naples
1746 - Thomas Heyward, Jr., signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
1860 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
1929 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 37th First Lady of the United States
1941 - Susan Roces, actress
1943 - Richard Wright, keyboard player and songwriter
1954 - Hugo Chávez, military officer and President of Venezuela
1964 - Lori Loughlin, actress
1974 - Justin Lee Collins, comedian, author, and actor
1981 - Cole Williams, actor
1990 - Simone Pizzuti, footballer
1993 - Hannah Lochner, actress
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