1619 – Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader
1712 – The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain.
1866 – Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
1907 – A train wreck on the Pere Marquette Railroad near Salem, Michigan kills thirty and injures seventy more
1944 – US 9th Air Force bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sable-sur-Sarthe/Dreux
1944 – Violent battles in Verrieres-hill (Normandy)
1956 – Confirmation of the first detection of the neutrino by Clyde Cowan, Frederick Reines, F. B. Harrison, H. W. Kruse, and A. D. McGuire published in “Science” (Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment)
1982 – Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London
1996 – In Spain an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35
1997 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon: American Justin Leonard recovers from 5 strokes back after 3 rounds; wins by 3 from Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik