390 Brennus and Gauls defeat Romans at Allia
463 Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius
622 Moslem Era begins: Mahomet begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Origin of Islamic Era)
1099 Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire
1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain
1338 German monarch signs Treaty of Rense
1429 Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans
1439 Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading)
1519 Public debate between Martin Luther and theologian John Eck
1548 La Paz, Bolivia is founded
1573 Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland
1618 Captain John Gilbert patents first dredger in Britain
1659 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
1661 The first banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm
1683 Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna
1769 Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, first mission in California
1775 John Adams graduates Harvard
1782 Mozart's opera "Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna
1790 Congress establishes District of Columbia
1798 U.S. Public Health Service forms and U.S. Marine Hospital authorized
1801 Pope Pius VII and first consul Napoleon sign concord
1845 New York Yacht Club holds its first regatta
1856 Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem
1857 Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore
1861 Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War, is fought
1862 David G Farragut is first rear Admiral in U.S. Navy
1863 Utrecht-Swells railway opens
1867 D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint
1867 Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete
1894 Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England
1895 Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs Vs. Somerset at Taunton
1904 Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to U.S. by their chiefs
1909 Detroit and Washington play longest scoreless game in AL history:18 innings
1920 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
1920 China joins the League of Nations
1920 General Amos Fries appointed first U.S. Army chemical warfare chief
1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30
1924 Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
1926 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc
1926 National Geographic takes first natural-color undersea photos
1927 Augusto Sandino begins 5 -year war against U.S. occupation of Nicaragua
1935 The first automatic parking meter in U.S. installed: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1936 The first x-ray photo of arterial circulation: Rochester, New York
1938 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa
1942 French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris
1942 Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp
1945 Cruiser Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with the atom bomb
1945 The first atomic bomb detonated at Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
1946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (first time in San Francisco history)
1946 U.S. court condemns 46 SS to death for Battle of Bulge crimes in Dachau
1951 King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates
1951 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published
1956 King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England
1956 Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
1957 Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)
1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
1961 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open
1961 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
1962 NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m
1964 Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as President candidate
1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens
1967 Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open
1967 Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 in Jay, Florida
1969 Apollo 11, carrying first men to land on Moon, launched
1970 Iraq's constitution goes into effect
1971 Franco points prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain
1972 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople
1972 Smokey Robinson and Miracles final live performance
1973 During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes
1975 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term
1976 Rock duo Loggins and Messina break-up after 6 years
1977 Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad and Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe
1978 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1980 Polish railway workers block railway to Russia
1980 Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit
1981 India performs nuclear Test
1981 Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously
1982 George P. Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs
1982 NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth
1982 Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud
1983 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident
1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn
1985 All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres)
1985 Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent
1987 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
1988 Michael J. Fox marries Tracy Pollan
1988 Wayne Gretzky (NHL) and Janet Jones (Police Academy 5) wed in Edmonton
1989 44th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1990 400 die in a 7.7, earthquake in Philippines
1990 Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA
1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities
1990 Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Ukraine declares independence
1993 President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
1993 S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 Pounds in London
1994 The 3 tenors: Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in Los Angeles
1994 Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89)
1994 Baseball Night in America premieres, no Saturday day games
1994 The first parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd)
1994 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights
1995 13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J. C. Snead
1995 50th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
1997 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
2005 6th Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling is released: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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