455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1357 - Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
1540 - King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1701 - War of the Spanish Succession: Austrians defeat France in the Battle of Carpi.
1776 - George Washington ordered the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York for the first time.
1815 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1850 US President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
1877 - The inaugural Wimbledon Championships opens.
1900 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
2011 - South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
Famous Birthdays:
1511 - Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, wife of Christian III of Denmark
1578 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
1786 - Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette
1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland, novelist
1916 - Edward Heath, British Prime Minister
1947 - O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
1956 - Tom Hanks, actor
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