1456 – Hungarian army under John Hunyadi defeats the forces of Ottoman Sultan Murad II in the Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade)
1926 – 105°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)
1963 – In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title
1972 – 59th Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium takes 4th consecutive general classification title as well as points and combination events
1995 – Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina
2012 – At least 77 people are killed by torrential rain in Beijing, China
2012 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham and St. Annes: South African Ernie Els wins his 2nd Claret Jug, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott of Australia
2016 – Japan’s Funai Electric announce they will manufacture world’s last videocassette this month
2018 – Lone gunman shooting kills 3 including gunman and injures 13 in Toronto, Canada
2023 – Taylor Swift concert in Seattle shakes the ground so hard it registers equivalent to magnitude 2.3 earthquake (does the same the next night)