1915 – German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
1916 – Battle of Verdun: Germany launches an offensive on Fort Souville in France but are defeated by artillery and machine gunners
1921 – Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
1955 – Congress authorizes all US currency to say “In God We Trust”
1971 – Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
1984 – 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1987 – Orioles’ Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
1991 – Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
2013 – 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq