1779 – French fleet occupies St Vincent, West Indies
1872 – Woman’s Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1894 – Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
1961 – KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 – Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California. First major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding
1972 – BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
1979 – Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
1983 – 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launches Sally Ride as 1st US woman in space
2018 – US President Trump orders US military to set up sixth branch of the military – a space force
2019 – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announces the suspension of the pro-China and highly controversial extradition law, after massive protests in the city