1451 – Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France
1658 – Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor
1876 – US Coast Guard officers’ training school established (New Bedford Massachusetts)
1910 – Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game
1948 – American swimmer Wally Ris wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal at the London Olympics beating team mate Alan Ford by 0.4 seconds
1987 – Baltimore first baseman Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Orioles to an 8-4 win over Texas Rangers
1988 – Last Playboy club closes in Lansing, Michigan
1992 – Three world record swims on final night session at the Barcelona Olympics; Australian Kieren Perkins 1,500m (14:43.4); Tamás Darnyi of Hungary 200m backstroke (1:59.36); China’s Yang Wenyi women’s 50m freestyle (24.79)
1994 – Netherlands’ warmest July since 1783 – average 21.4°C
2012 – Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history as part of the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team in London; Phelps’ 19th career Olympic medal and 15th overall gold