1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
1543 - French troops invade Luxembourg.
1575 - Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
1585 - The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
1807 - Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1834 - In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
1846 - Mexican–American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US acquisition of California.
1892 - Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
1898 - US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
1937 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
1941 - World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation.
1941 - World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
1946 - Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
1958 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
1981 - US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States
1985 - Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17
2005 - A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
Famous Birthdays
1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan
1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan
1207 - St. Elizabeth of Hungary
1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador
1930 - His Eminence Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Cardinal
1940 - Ringo Starr, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
1947 - David Hodo, singer
1960 - Kevin A. Ford, astronaut
1971 - Christian Camargo, actor
1982 - Nick Karner, actor and director
1987 - Julianna Guill, actress
2000 - Princess Purnika of Nepal
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