681 - Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
1483 - Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
1902 - Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1936 - Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
1942 - Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
1945 - World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
1974 - As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes 38th President of the United States at 12 noon.
Famous Birthdays:
1669 - Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia, first consort of Peter I of Russia
1783 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and sister of Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I.
1847 - Queen Maria dal Pozzo of Spain, consort of Amadeo I
1927 - Robert Shaw, actor
1947 - Barbara Mason, soul singer
1961 - John Key, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1963 - Whitney Houston, singer and actress
1976 - Jessica Capshaw, actress
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