357 - Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
1503 - The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
1788 - Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1796 - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
1920 - Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.
1949 - Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.
1950 - His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19th, 1949.
1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
1952 - Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8th, 1951, comes into force.
1965 - United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops.
1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
1978 - President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
2001 - Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
Famous Birthdays
32 - Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor
1442 - Edward IV of England
1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, automobile manufacturer, created Lamborghini
1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia
1932 - Brownie Ledbetter, civil rights activist
1948 - Marcia Strassman, actress
1952 - Mary McDonnell, actress
1958 - Nancy Lee Grahn, actress
1968 - Howard Donald, singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
1973 - Jorge Garcia, actor
1981 - Jessica Alba, actress
1987 - Bradley Johnson, footballer
1992 - Jack Taylor, actor
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