1276 - Blessed Pope Innocent V dies
1593 - Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
1622 - Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
1633 - The Holy Office (The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the centre of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
1825 - The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
1898 - Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
1906 - The flag of Sweden is adopted.
1911 - George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1941 - Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1941 - The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
1978 - Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
2012 - Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
Famous Birthdays
916 - Sayf al-Dawla, Emir of Aleppo
1757 - George Vancouver, navy officer and explorer
1763 - Étienne Méhul, composer
1845 - Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1909 - Mike Todd, film and theater producer, 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor
1912 - Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1941 - Michael Lerner, actor
1947 - Howard Kaylan, singer
1949 - Alan Osmond, singer
1949 - Meryl Streep, actress
1958 - Bruce Campbell, actor
1964 - Dan Brown, author
1982 - Soraia Chaves, actress and model
1987 - Cory Gunz, rapper and songwriter
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