1855 – The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine
1875 – Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
1901 – Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
1934 – French Championship Women’s Tennis: England’s defending champion Margaret Scriven beats American Helen Jacobs 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
1947 – Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
1952 – 650,000 metalworkers go on strike in US
1953 – Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England
1985 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 8 shots from fellow American Alice Miller
2018 – Ringo Starr’s thirteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay, Graham Gouldman, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham
2020 – UK death toll from COVID-19 passes 50,000 (50,032) according to its Office of National Statistics