1174 William I of Scotland, key rebel in Revolt of 1173-1174, captured at Alnwick by forces loyal toHenry II of England

1657Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert

1772 CaptainJames Cook begins his second voyage to the South Seas aboard HMS Resolution to search for Terra Australis (Southern Continent)

1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographerHenry Schoolcraft

1835 Swedish-American inventorJohn Ericsson files for a patent for his screw propeller design

1837Queen Victoria is first monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

1865P. T. Barnum's museum in New York burns down, giantess Anna Haining Swan just escapes

1870 KingWilhelm I of Prussia sends the "Emser Depeche (Ems Telegram)" toOtto von Bismarck who publishes an edited version to purposely offend the French government precipitating the Franco-German War

1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland," but the last four letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.

1926 Finnish runnerPaavo Nurmi sets world record 3000 m (8:20.4) in Stockholm, Sweden

1934Babe Ruth hits 700th career home run against Detroit

1935Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichsmusikkammer (Nazi Reich Chamber of Music)

1939Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut, with The Harry James Orchestra, singing "From the Bottom of My Heart" and "Melancholy Mood"

1949 PopePius XII excommunicates communist catholics

1950 Doctors operate and remove seven bone fragments from MLB Boston Red Sox playerTed Williams' elbow following injury suffered 2 days earlier in All-Star game

1955 IndustrialistCyrus Eaton first offers to host a conference on dangers of nuclear weapons in Pugwash, Nova Scotia

1956 RCA releasesElvis Presley's single "Hound Dog," a cover of Big Mama Thornton's original, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, backed with "Don't Be Cruel," written by Otis Blackwell

1960 US Democratic convention nominatesJFK as presidential candidate

1963 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcherEarly Wynn wins his 300th and final MLB game at 43

1969 Northern Ireland loyalistIan Paisley addresses a crowd at Loughgall, County Antrim, and is reported to have said, "I am anti-Roman Catholic, but God being my judge, I love the poor dupes who are ground down under that system."

1973Bobby Murcer's three homers account for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0

1978 BBC bansSex Pistols' "No One is Innocent"

1979 Calif'sNolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th

1979George Harrison releases single "Faster"

1984 British guitaristJeff Beck quits singer Rod Stewart's tour after seven shows

1984Eddie Van Halen makes a guest appearance, performing "Beat It" at a Jacksons concert in Dallas, Texas

1985 Doctors at Bethesda Naval hospital remove two small benign polyps from US PresidentRonald Reagan's colon[1]

1985 New York Yankees retireRoger Maris (9) andElston Howard (32) uniform numbers

1987 Federal judge throws outBette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, which used a sound-alike voice for its TV commercials

1987Kylie Minogue releases her debut single "Locomotion"

1988Sting performs his first Rainforest Fund benefit concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC

1994 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actorO.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing

1994Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skaterNancy Kerrigan

1999Pedro Martínez strikes out the first four batters in the All-Star Game at Fenway Park, earning All-Star Game MVP

2006 UK singer-songwriterLily Allen releases her debut album "Alright, Still" (Grammy nominee Best Alternative Music Album)

2008 Brewing companyInBev announces deal to buy American brewer Anheuser-Busch for almost $52 billion

2009 "She Wolf," the lead single fromShakira's eighth album, premieres

2014 FIFA World Cup Awards:Lionel Messi (Golden Ball), James Rodriguez (Golden Boot), andManuel Neuer (Golden Gloves)

2014 FIFA World Cup Final, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Mario Götze scores an extra-time winner as Germany beats Argentina 1-0

2016Theresa May is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Conservative Party MPs

2017 "Dunkirk," a film directed byChristopher Nolan with ensemble cast including Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy, premieres in London, England

2017 US PresidentDonald Trump arrives in Paris for a 2-day visit with French PresidentEmmanuel Macron

2018 ActressScarlett Johansson withdraws from a transgender film role after criticism of her casting

2018 HBO announces that it has obtained the rights to "The Nevers," a project byJoss Whedon

2018 Large protests in London against US PresidentDonald Trump featuring Trump-like baby blimp asPresident Trump meetsQueen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle

2021Kawhi Leonard undergoes surgery to repair a partial tear of the ACL in his right knee

2021 Violent protests and looting following the jailing ofJacob Zuma leave 337 dead in South Africa, with more than 200 shopping malls set on fire[1]

2022 US PresidentJoe Biden lands in Israel to begin a four-day trip to the Middle East

2024 19th-century explorerMatthew Flinders, who first circumnavigated Australia and named it, is reburied in Donington, Lincolnshire, the village of his birth[1]