474 – Magister Militum of Dalamatia Julius Nepos proclaimed Emperor in Rome – rules only until 475 as the last Western Roman Emperor
1861 – Tennessee becomes the 11th and last state to secede from the Union
1881 – 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla, Mexico
1922 – Adolf Hitler begins a month long prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the ‘Jewish sell-out’ of Germany to the Bolsheviks
1956 – “The Steve Allen Show” returns on NBC-TV
1972 – Single “Troglodyte (Cave Man)” by Jimmy Castor Bunch peaks at #6
1972 – Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force)
1982 – US Supreme Court rules president can’t be sued for actions in office
2004 – Capital punishment is declared unconstitutional in New York
2022 – Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, and Kendrick Lamar headline; other performers include Crowded House, Robert Plant and Alison Krause, Noel Gallagher, Dianna Ross, Herbie Hancock, Billy Bragg, Angélique Kidjo, Lorde, Ziggy Marley, Suzanne Vega, and Hothouse Flowers