1191 – Third Crusade: City of Acre surrenders to English King Richard I the Lionheart and the Crusaders after a siege of nearly two years
1785 – First manned flight in Netherlands: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard lifts off in his gas balloon from Noordeinde Palace in The Hague
1790 – French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state
1943 – 8th day of Battle of Kursk, USSR: Operation Kutuzov (Soviet counter-offensive begins
1948 – First jets to fly across Atlantic (six RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1949 – Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
1971 – Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
1975 – England cricket wicketkeeper Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield
2011 – 82nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix
2013 – 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris