Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
Parts of Central and Eastern Europe were catastrophically flooded as they were struck by Storm Boris.
Trump Target of Apparent Assassination Attempt in Florida.
The UK's prime minister Boris Johnson compared himself to The Hulk in his efforts to steer the country out of the European Union.
A sea swimmer in his mid-twenties was bitten and killed by a shark near Newcomb Hollow Beach, Massachusetts, US.
Lehman Brothers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the domain name google.com.
The psychological crime thriller movie 'Se7en,' starring Morgan Freeman, premiered in New York.
Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in China.
The drama TV show 'L.A. Law' premiered on NBC.
Michael Stewart, a victim of police brutality, was beaten and arrested in New York.
John Bull becomes the oldest operable locomotive.
The "Dodgers" baseball team became the first major league to bring in 3 million fans for the season.
Carl XVI Gustaf succeeds his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf as the King of Sweden.
The Soviet Union launched Zond 5, the first spacecraft to successfully circle the moon and return to earth.
A Ku Klux Klan bomb kills 4 young African-American girls.
Nuremberg laws instituted by the Nazi party are put into force.
Tanks were used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme, during World War I.
Battle of Pyongyang ends with decisive Japanese victory.
Aboard the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin discovered the Galapagos Islands.
The Invasion of the Cape Colony came to an end. The Dutch Cape Colony surrendered to the British after three months of battling.
Spanish Catholic priest Joseph Calasanz started the first public and free school in Europe.
