1898 – Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda, Sudan
1949 – Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
1949 – 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1960 – USSR’s Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1960 – Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1968 – Couve de Murville forms government in France
1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States
1994 – 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
1996 – Start of 1st “Super 8’s” tournament in Kuala Lumpur
2011 – 82nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix