1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies
1816 – French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault’s painting “Raft of the Medusa”
1850 – At least 626 ships lie at anchor around San Francisco Bay
1916 – First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men (WWI)
1932 – NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Democratic Convention in Chicago
1946 – The last White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke cedes Sarawak to the British Crown
1973 – 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1976 – Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors
1991 – “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong premieres at Century City, California
2019 – Japan resumes commercial whaling after a break of more than 30 years