1207 – King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
1783 – 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
1787 – Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1806 – Zebulon Pike begins his journey to explore the American Southwest
1888 – Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1922 – US Open Men’s Golf, Skokie CC: Gene Sarazen wins the first of his 7 major titles, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones
1954 – 1st commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2014 – 85th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Target Field, Minnesota
2017 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain beats Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 for her 2nd Grand Slam title