1776 – American Declaration of Independence announced on front page of “PA Evening Gazette”
1894 – Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike
1934 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Home favourite Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 for the first of 3 straight Wimbledon titles
1956 – MLB Commissioner Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honour baseball’s outstanding pitcher of the season
1969 – Filming begins on “Ned Kelly” starring Mick Jagger
1975 – Argentine government falls
1994 – “Forrest Gump”, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1995)
1998 – England cricket spin bowler Robert Croft saves England from defeat with a famous unbeaten 37 in 190 minutes on day 5 of 2nd Test v South Africa at Old Trafford, Manchester
2009 – Jadranka Kosor became first female prime minister of Croatia
2017 – Illinois State Senate votes to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto to approve 1st budget in more than two years, longest-lasting such dispute of any state