579 - Pope Benedict I dies
762 - Baghdad is founded by caliph Al-Mansur.
1629 - An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people.
1718 - William Penn, businessman and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania dies
1756 - In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
1898 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany dies
1930 - In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup. Uruguay wins 4-2 against Argentina
1956 - A joint resolution of the US Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God we trust as the US national motto.
1965 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1980 - Vanuatu gains independence.
2006 - The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
2012 - A power grid failure leaves seven states in northern India without power, affecting 360 million people.
Famous Birthdays
1549 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1863 - Henry Ford, businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company
1919 - Berniece Baker Miracle, author, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe
1936 - HRH Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
1947 - Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, virologist, discovered HIV
1963 - Lisa Kudrow, actress, writer, and producer
1974 - Hilary Swank, actress
1979 - Graeme McDowell, golfer
1983 - Nathan Carter, actor
1993 - Katie Cecil, singer, guitarist, and actress
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