1588 – First engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Eddystone Rocks
1825 – Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
1888 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-3
1913 – The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law
1918 – U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts
1933 – Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens
1944 – British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
1964 – Last Dutch whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
1973 – France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific
2018 – Re-boot of TV show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” announced with creator Joss Whedon as executive producer