1812 – Cannon duel fought between the British fort of Rusteburg and the kraton (palace) of Yogyakarta on the island of Java
1863 – Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
1906 – International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty beat Raymond Little and Holcombe Ward 3-6, 11-9, 9-7, 6-1 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
1963 – British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair
1968 – Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms
1973 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakmont CC: Johnny Miller fires a record final round 63 (-8) to win his first major championship, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up John Schlee
1978 – “Cheeseburger In Paradise” by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32
1979 – “Sarava” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 140 performances
1982 – President of Argentina Leopoldo Galtieri resigns as commander in chief of the army and as president after leading Argentina to a disastrous defeat against the British in the Falkland Islands War
1991 – The body of the 12th US President, Zachary Taylor, is exhumed to test how he died; rumors had persisted since his death in 1850 of arsenic poisoning – no evidence of this was found