1780 – Denmark declares neutrality, joining First League of Armed Neutrality to protect shipping
1815 – King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France
1863 – Union troops enter Port Hudson
1914 – Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth’s contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles
1965 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian Peter Thomson Peter Thomson wins his 5th Claret Jug, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O’Connor Snr
1978 – American Nazi Party holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
1979 – Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
1984 – 12th Century York Minster damaged in lightning storm
1986 – Atlanta’s Dale Murphy doesn’t play ending consecutive streak at 740
2018 – Jeremy Hunt becomes UK Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson’s resignation