754 – Friezen robbers murder Bishop Boniface (later Saint) and over 50 companions near Dokkum
1909 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, home of the Indy 500, holds its first competition – a hot air balloon race
1927 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Hometown favourite Rene Lacoste wins 2nd of 3 French titles; beats Bill Tilden 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
1945 – Benjamin Britten’s opera “Peter Grimes” premieres in London
1953 – US Senate rejects China People’s Republic membership to UN
1956 – “Milton Berle Show” last airs on NBC-TV
1993 – Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
1994 – French Open Men’s Tennis: In an all-Spanish final Sergi Bruguera beats Alberto Berasategui 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 for his second French title
2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region
2017 – Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over