1215 - King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
1389 - Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1520 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1785 - Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
1804 - New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1808 - Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1836 - Arkansas is admitted as the 25th US state.
1864 - American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
1888 - Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
1920 - A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
1944 - World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
1954 - UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
1994 - Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
1996 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
2012 - Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
Famous Birthdays
1330 - Edward, the Black Prince, son of King Edward III of England
1519 - Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England
1767 - Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson, 7th First Lady of the United States
1906 - Léon Degrelle, SS officer
1917 - Lash LaRue, actor
1939 - Ward Connerly, activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
1946 - Noddy Holder, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1948 - Henry McLeish, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
1955 - David Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy
1964 - Courteney Cox, actress, director, and producer
1965 - Karim Massimov, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
1971 - Jake Busey, actor
1975 - Elizabeth Reaser, actress
1982 - Haley Scarnato, singer
1985 - Nadine Coyle, singer-songwriter and actress
1990 - Denzel Whitaker, actor
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