1094 – Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren
1580 – Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1860 – 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
1898 – US House of Representatives passes resolution to annex Hawaii
1919 – 1st nonstop Atlantic flight (Alcock and Brown) lands in Ireland
1955 – The International Olympic Committee votes to award Rome the rights to host the 1960 Summer Olympic Games
1957 – 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6
1963 – Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigns
1992 – Erie Sailors (Fla Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13
2002 – Near earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (120,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon