1855 - Sigma Chi Fraternity is founded at Miami University
1869 - Amsterdam typographer strike
1923 - MLB Brooklyn Robins blow 7-0 lead, as Phillies win 8-7 at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia
1948 - British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin
2024 - Boy band Seventeen are the first K-pop group to play the main Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury

More Historical Events »

1893 - Luciano Gallet, Brazilian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1931)
1907 - Paul-Emile Victor, French polar explorer, ethnologist, and writer (La civilisation du phoque), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1995)
1957 - Mike Skinner, American auto racer (NASCAR SuperTruck Series 1995; Daytona 500 pole and Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1997), born in Susanville, California
1962 - Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romanian long jumper (Olympic gold 1984), born in Brăila, Romania
1983 - Maui Taylor, Filipino mo...