1140 – Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
1850 – Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
1867 – 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1894 – Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
1900 – Sibelius’ “Finlandia” premieres in Helsinki
1937 – Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear flying over the Pacific Ocean
1948 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 8-6 for the first of 3-straight Wimbledon singles titles
1972 – Two Catholic civilians are shot and killed in Belfast by Loyalist paramilitaries, probably the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
1993 – Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
2015 – 62 people are killed after the Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the coast of the Philippines