• 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
• 1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reached Japan.
• 1663 - The British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
• 1689 - Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
• 1694 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
• 1720 - The second important victory of the Russian Navy - the Battle of Grengam.
• 1778 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• 1789 - The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).
• 1794 - French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See 9 Thermidor.)
• 1819 - Duitama is named municipality
• 1862 - Sailing from San Franciso to Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
• 1865 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.
• 1866 - The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.
• 1880 - Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand - In a pyrrhic victory, Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
• 1914 - Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Filipino government.
• 1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin.
• 1928 - Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.
• 1940 - The animated short "A Wild Hare" is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• 1941 - Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
• 1949 - Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• 1953 - Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• 1955 - The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends (started on May 9, 1945).
• 1964 - Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
• 1972 - The F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.
• 1974 - Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
• 1976 - Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed scandal.
• 1981 - British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.
• 1983 - Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
• 1987 - First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreckage begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.
• 1990 - The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day was celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence was transferred to June 3.
• 1990 - The Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a coup d'état attempt in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying Parliament and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
• 1995 - In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
• 1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killing two and injuring 111.
• 1996 - In Atlanta, Georgia, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey set the 100m world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• 1997 - Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.
• 1997 - The Toronto Transit Commission opens its Spadina light rail transit line.
• 2002 - Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
• 2005 - STS-114: NASA grounds the Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam doesn't strike the spacecraft.
• 2006 - The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it's illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
• 2007 - Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there were no survivors. This was the first known incidence of two news helicopters colliding in mid-air, and the worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.

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