905 – Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured
1730 – States of Holland put death penalty on “sodomy”
1941 – Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp
1957 – Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament
1961 – Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom
1964 – Last Dutch whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
1974 – US Open Women’s Golf, La Grange CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Stone and Carol Mann
1983 – Polish government ends 19 months of martial law
1989 – Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors
1996 – 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham