1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Emperor of China and seventh Great Khan after defeating rival factions and succeeding his uncle Temür Khan
1667 – Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
1826 – Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas
1907 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Frenchman Arnaud Massy wins by 2 strokes from J.H. Taylor; first non-Briton to win Open Championship
1916 – Mexican troops defeat US expeditionary force under Gen. Pershing
1956 – Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
1963 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII
1978 – The British Army shoots dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack
1981 – Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit rock group Steely Dan
1992 – Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb