1777 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton
1801 – Toussaint L’Ouverture declares Haitian independence
1878 – Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam
1911 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Dorothea Chambers becomes first player not to concede a game in a final beating Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0
1941 – Nazis execute 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania
1944 – RAF Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France
1944 – Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan
1969 – Canada’s House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
1974 – Milwaukee’s Don Money sets MLB record for consecutive errorless games at 3rd base (78) in Brewers 8-5 win v Twins
1978 – Solomon Islands declares independence from UK