1199 John crowned King of England after the death of his brotherRichard I

1692 William Phips, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony authorizes a special Court of Oyer and Terminer ("to hear and determine"), to administer Salem witch trials[1]

1703 Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) is founded by Russian TsarPeter the Great

1849 Opening of the Great Hall at Euston station in London

1873Heinrich Schliemann discovers "Priam's Treasure" a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia

1883Alexander III crowned Tsar of Russia in Moscow

1903Queen Wilhelmina opens the new Amsterdam stock exchange Beurs van Berlages, designed by influential architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage

1905 Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history

1906 First outlining ofGustav Mahler's 6th Symphony in Essen, Germany

1916 PresidentWoodrow Wilson addresses the League to Enforce Peace, founded in 1915, and gives public support to the idea of a league of nations

1927Tomáš Masaryk (77) is elected President of Czechoslovakia, for the second time

1930 The 1,046-foot (319-meter)Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public

1933Martin Heidegger gives his inaugural rectoral address on “The Self-Assertion of the German University”, taken by some take as supporting the Nazi regime

1935 Supreme Court declaresFDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional

1937 New York Giants pitcherCarl Hubbell wins his MLB record 24th consecutive game in a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field; streak starts July 17, 1936

1940 British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during World War II

1942 Czech rebels attempt assassination of Nazi leaderReinhard Heydrich by grenade in Prague during Operation Anthropoid; he dies a week later from an infection while recovering from his injuries.Adolf Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered in revenge, leading to the annihilation of the village of Lidice in June

1944Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist play "Huis Clos" (No Exit) premieres in Paris

1951 Chinese Communists forceDalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing

1958 Ernest Green becomes the 1st African-American to graduate from Little Rock's Central High School

1961Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½"

1963 Columbia Records releases "The Freewheelin'Bob Dylan", the second studio album by folk singer Bob Dylan; it contains his songs "Blowin' in the Wind", "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", and serves as his critical and commercial breakthrough

1963Jomo Kenyatta is elected as the first Prime Minister of Kenya

1968George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles

1969Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV

1971 24th Cannes Film Festival: "The Go-Between" directed by Joseph Losey wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film

1971John Lennon records the song "Imagine" at his Ascot Sound home studio at Tittenhurst Park, England

1974 PiratesKen Brett no-hits Padres until 9th inning

1977The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen," sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC

1979 PopeJohn Paul II ordains John J O'Connor as a bishop

1981 John Hinckley, Jr attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol pain relief medication

1984 Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day; Italian Open 1984, beats Virginie Ruzici, Carling Basset andChris Evert in the final 6-3 6-3; only 7th player to beat Evert on clay

1985 Inaugural bands parade forPresident Reagan

1987 New York Yankees knuckleballerPhil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start, joining Cy Young and Don Sutton

1993 Baseball playerDale Murphy ends his career after 398 HRs

1994 "The Flintstones" live action movie based in the 1960s cartoon, starringJohn Goodman (as Fred),Rick Moranis (as Barney), andRosie O'Donnell (as Betty) premieres

1994 Final broadcast of TV talk show "TheArsenio Hall Show"

1994Larry King ends his radio show

1994 WriterAleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia after 20 years in exile

1995 ActorChristopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition in Culpeper, Virginia

1997 Russian PresidentBoris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO

1999 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indictsSlobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo

2005 DreamWorks releases computer-animated film "Madagascar" with voices byBen Stiller,Chris Rock,David Schwimmer, andJada Pinkett-Smith

2006 "Pan's Labyrinth" fantasy film on the Spanish Civil War written and directed byGuillermo del Toro debuts at Cannes

2006 Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders retain title with a 19-12 win over the Wellington Hurricanes;Dan Carter kicks 4 penalties & a conversion for the winners

2012Andrew Scott wins his first BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Moriarty in BBC's "Sherlock"

2014 The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)Christine Lagarde calls for "tougher regulation and tighter supervision" of banking sector

2018 Italian PM-designateGiuseppe Conte gives up attempt to form coalition government after President Sergio Matarella vetoes his choice of economy minister

2018 South Korean boy bandBTS are the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 with their album "Love Yourself: Tear"

2019 Austrian ChancellorSebastian Kurz removed from office after a no-confidence vote in parliament, Vice Chancellor Hartwig Löger appointed interim chancellor

2020 US Secretary of StateMike Pompeo says Hong Kong no longer has autonomy from China, doesn't merit special trade relationship, in note to Congress

2021 "Friends" reunion screens, 17 years after the TV sitcom series ended

2021 French PresidentEmmanuel Macron recognizes France's role in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide after a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali, Rwanda

2021 US PresidentJoe Biden calls for a ceasefire in the Tigray conflict, north Ethiopia, citing killings and "widespread sexual violence" as a weapon of war

2022 "Top Gun Maverick" the sequel starringTom Cruise, Miles Teller andJennifer Connelly is released 36 years after the original film

2022Ringo Starr's fifteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter, Colin Hay, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham

2023 Vice PresidentKamala Harris becomes 1st woman to deliver commencement address at US Military Academy graduation ceremony in West Point, New York