1969 – American guitarist Leslie West and producer, bassist Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
1971 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1986 – General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile
2000 – UEFA European Championship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy
2005 – Live 8 concert at Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; performers include Neil Young, Bryan Adams; The Tragically Hip; Motley Crue; Gordon Lightfoot; Deep Purple, and Bruce Cockburn
2006 – Michael Schumacher wins US F1 Grand Prix for the 5th time, 1st driver in any series to win 5 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2012 – Monsoon rain in East India kills at least 79 people and leaves 2.2 million homeless
2016 – Large lorry bomb in Baghdad kills at least 125 people and wounds 150, Islamic State claims responsibility
2019 – Virginie Viard presents her first haute couture collection as designer at Chanel after the death of Karl Lagerfeld at the Grand Palais
2022 – Largest ever exhibition on African fashion “Africa Fashion” opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London