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Events
- 356 BC - A young man called Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- 1403 - Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England
- 1568 - Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen - Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau
- 1718 - Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
- 1774 - Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war.
- 1831 - Inauguration of Léopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
- 1861 - American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run - At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins (Confederate victory).
- 1865 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
- 1873 - At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American West.
- 1877 - After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
- 1919 The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
- 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
- 1931 - CBS's New York City station begins broadcasting the first regular seven days a week television schedule in the U.S.
- 1944 - World War II: Battle of Guam - American troops land on Guam starting the battle (ends on August 10).
- 1954 - First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
- 1960 - Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes the first woman prime minister in the world, making her the first elected female national leader in the world (Sri Lanka).
- 1961 - Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission - Gus Grissom piloting "Liberty Bell 7" becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
- 1969 - Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission.
- 1970 - After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
- 1972 - Bloody Friday bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) around Belfast, Northern Ireland - 22 bomb explosions, 9 people killed and 130 people seriously injured.
- 1973 - In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in 1972's Munich Olympics Massacre.
- 1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
- 1977 - Start of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
- 1983 - The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−129°F).
- 1984 - In Jackson, Michigan, a factory robot crushes a worker against a safety bar in apparently the first robot-related death in the United States.
- 1994 - Tony Blair is declared the winner of the leadership election of the British Labour Party, paving the way to him becoming Prime Minister in 1997.
- 1995 - Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
- 1997 - The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
- 2002 - Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history.
- 2004 - The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces.
- 2005 - Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers escaped.
- 2007 - Release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling-the final book in the Harry Potter series.
Births
- 356 BC - Alexander the Great, Greek king and military leader (d. 323 BC)
- 1414 - Pope Sixtus IV (d. 1484)
- 1515 - Philip Neri, Italian churchman (d. 1595)
- 1620 - Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682)
- 1664 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
- 1693 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
- 1710 - Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)
- 1810 - Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist (d. 1878)
- 1858 - Lovis Corinth, German painter (d. 1925)
- 1858 - Maria Christina of Austria, queen of Spain (d. 1929)
- 1858 - Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (d. 1941)
- 1870 - Emil Orlik, Czech painter (d. 1932)
- 1880 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (d. 1919)
- 1882 - David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
- 1893 - Hans Fallada, German writer (d. 1947)
- 1899 - Hart Crane, American poet (d. 1932)
- 1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
- 1903 - Roy Neuberger, American financier
- 1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980)
- 1920 - Constance Dowling, American actress (d. 1969)
- 1920 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violinist (d. 2001)
- 1923 - Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1922 - Kay Starr, American singer
- 1924 - Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Anne Meacham, American actress
- 1926 - Norman Jewison, Canadian film director
- 1926 - Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general
- 1926 - Paul Burke, American actor
- 1929 - Bob Orton, Sr., wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Ernie Warlick, American football player
- 1933 - John Gardner, American author (d. 1982)
- 1935 - Norbert Blüm, German politician
- 1935 - Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1938 - Janet Reno, 79th United States Attorney General
- 1939 - John Negroponte, 1st United States Director of National Intelligence
- 1943 - Edward Herrmann, American actor
- 1944 - Tony Scott, British film director
- 1944 - Paul Wellstone, American politician (d. 2002)
- 1945 - John Lowe, English darts player
- 1946 - Kenneth Starr, American lawyer
- 1948 - Ed Hinton, American sportswriter
- 1948 - Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, English singer
- 1948 - Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
- 1949 - Al Hrabosky, baseball player
- 1950 - Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
- 1951 - Robin Williams, American comedian/actor
- 1953 - Brian Talbot, British footballer
- 1955 - Howie Epstein, American musician (d. 2003)
- 1955 - Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer
- 1957 - Jon Lovitz, American comedian
- 1957 - George Landress, American songwriter, music producer and sound engineer
- 1959 - Paul "Fatty" Vautin, Australian rugby league player
- 1960 - Lance Guest, American actor
- 1960 - Fritz Walter, German footballer
- 1961 - Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer
- 1961 - "Big" Jim Martin, American musician (Faith No More)
- 1963 - Kevin Poole, English footballer
- 1964 - Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper
- 1965 - Gudni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1965 - Mike Bordick, American baseball player
- 1968 - Brandi Chastain, American soccer player
- 1968 - Lyle Odelein, Canadian hockey player
- 1969 - Emerson Hart, American musician (Tonic)
- 1970 - Shawn Stasiak, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Emmanuel Bangué, French long jumper
- 1971 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer
- 1971 - Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host
- 1978 - Josh Hartnett, American actor
- 1978 - Justin Bartha, American actor
- 1978 - Damian Marley, Jamacian musician
- 1978 - Gary Teale, Scottish football player
- 1979 - David Carr, American football player
- 1979 - Tamika Catchings, American basketball player
- 1980 - C. C. Sabathia, American baseball player
- 1981 - Titus Bramble, English footballer
- 1981 - Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
- 1981 - Veronica Belmont, CNET TV personality
- 1981 - Blake Lewis, American Idol finalist
- 1981 - Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- 1982 - Claudette Ortiz, American soul singer
- 1983 - Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer
- 1983 - Kellen Winslow II, American football player
- 1984 - Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
- 1985 - Von Wafer, American basketball player
- 1989 - Jamie Waylett, British actor
- 1989 - Rory Culkin, American actor
- 1992 - Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
Deaths
- 1403 - Henry Percy, English soldier (killed in battle)
- 1425 - Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1350)
- 1688 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)
- 1793 - Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French explorer (b. 1739)
- 1796 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (b. 1759)
- 1798 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
- 1880 - Hiram Walden, American politician (b. 1800)
- 1889 - Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
- 1899 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and military officer (b. 1833)
- 1899 - Sri Sarada Devi, Saint and wife of Sri Ramakrishna (b. 1853)
- 1932 - Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player
- 1936 - Georg Michaelis, 6th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1857)
- 1938 - Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
- 1941 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (b. 1872)
- 1943 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (b. 1900)
- 1944 - Claus von Stauffenberg, German army colonel who tried to assassinate Hitler (b. 1907)
- 1944 - Ludwig Beck, German Chief of Staff (b. 1880)
- 1946 - Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
- 1967 - Jimmie Foxx, baseball player (b. 1907)
- 1967 - Albert Lutuli, South African politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1967 - Basil Rathbone, English actor (b. 1892)
- 1968 - Ruth St. Denis, dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
- 1970 - Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
- 1970 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
- 1972 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (b. 1889)
- 1982 - Dave Garroway, American television host (b. 1913)
- 1986 - Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
- 1998 - Alan Shepard, astronaut (b. 1923)
- 1998 - Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
- 2001 - Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
- 2001 - Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (b. 1927)
- 2003 - John Davies, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (b. 1938)
- 2003 - Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921)
- 2004 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929)
- 2004 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Andrzej Grubba, Polish table tennis player (b. 1958)
- 2005 - Long John Baldry, British blues musician (b. 1941)
- 2005 - Lord Alfred Hayes, British Wrestling Announcer for WWE (b. 1928)
- 2006 - Mako, Japanese-born American actor (b. 1933)
- 2006 - Ta Mok, "The Khmer Rouge Butcher", war criminal in Democratic Kampuchea (b. 1926)
- 2007 - Jesús de Polanco, Spanish businessman and press mogul (b. 1929)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
Roman Catholic
- Saint Arbogastus, bishop of Strasburg, confessor [Basel, Constance, Strassburg]
- Saint Daniel
- Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, priest, Doctor of the Church
- Saint Praxedes (Praxidis)
- Saint Victor of Marseilles, and companions, martyrs [Trier, southern France; Paris]
- Saint Zoticus, bishop of Comana, martyr
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- 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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- 1191 - Saladin's garrison surrenders, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
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- 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
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- 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa executed for being Christians.
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- 514 - Pope Hormisdas assumes the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church.
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- 1632 - 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France.
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- 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
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- 306 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
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- 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
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- 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed on order from Henry VIII of England on charges of treason.
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- 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague.
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