| 1377 | Richard II, who is still a child, begins his reign, following the death of his grandfather, Edward III. His coronation takes place July 16. | |
| 1558 | The French take the French town of Thionville from the English. | |
| 1772 | Slavery is outlawed in England. | |
| 1807 | British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812. | |
| 1864 | Confederate General A. P. Hill turns back a Federal flanking movement at the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, Virginia. | |
| 1876 | General Alfred Terry sends Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer to the Rosebud and Little Bighorn rivers to search for Indian villages. | |
| 1910 | German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announces a definitive cure for syphilis. | |
| 1911 | King George V of England is crowned. | |
| 1915 | Austro-German forces occupy Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat. | |
| 1925 | France and Spain agree to join forces against Abd el Krim in Morocco. | |
| 1930 | A son is born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. | |
| 1933 | Adolf Hitler bans political parties in Germany other than the Nazis. | |
| 1938 | Joe Louis floors Max Schmeling in the first round of the heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium. | |
| 1940 | France and Germany sign an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis. | |
| 1941 | Under the code-name Barbarossa, Germany invades the Soviet Union. | |
| 1942 | A Japanese submarine shells Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River. | |
| 1944 | President Franklin Roosevelt signs the “GI Bill of Rights” to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war. | |
| 1956 | The battle for Algiers begins as three buildings in The Casbah are blown up. | |
| 1970 | Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18. | |
| 1973 | Skylab astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific after a record 28 days in space. | |
| 1980 | The Soviet Union announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan. | |
| 1981 | Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon. | |
| 1995 | Nigeria’s former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and his chief deputy are charged with conspiracy to overthrow Gen. Sani Abacha’s military government. |
Anxiety levels of Americans over matters such as war, terrorism, hacking
and identity theft have spiked in recent years, leaving the nation near
average in a global barometer of perceptions of security 
Plastic pollution in the Antarctic is worse than thought - five time worse to be exact. 
Chimpanzees want to fit in with the popular kids, just like humans do — chimps will change their behavior to match what others
are doing. 
