1655 – Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram
1825 – Malden Island is discovered in the central Pacific by British warship HMS Blonde
1908 – Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris
1914 – John French appointed British supreme commander
1928 – George Eastman shows first amateur color motion pictures to guests at his New York house including Thomas Edison
1941 – German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU and SGP in Netherlands
1944 – US 30th division reaches suburbs of St-Lo Normandy
1977 – “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” by Andy Gibb reaches number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
2009 – A bomb explodes in Palma Nova, Mallorca, killing 2 police officers. Basque separatist group ETA is believed to be responsible.
2013 – Mamnoon Hussain is elected President of Pakistan