Events

• 524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
• 841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
• 1258 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
• 1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• 1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• 1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• 1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
• 1940 – World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.
• 1941 – World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.
• 1943 – World War II: The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
• 1943 – World War II: The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• 1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
• 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• 1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• 1960 – Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• 1975 – Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
  • Independence Day.
• 1991 – The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
• 1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 US servicemen.

People (Births)

• 1328 – William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (d. 1397).
• 1715 – Joseph Foullon de Doué, French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1789).
• 1863 – Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935).
• 1884 – Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (d. 1917).
• 1886 – Henry H. Arnold, American general (d. 1950).
• 1892 – Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (d. 1959).
• 1900 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979).
• 1918 – P.H. Newby, English soldier and author (d. 1997).
• 1923 – Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (d. 1994).
• 1927 – Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (d. 1970).
• 1928 – John A. Wickham Jr., US Army general.
• 1935 – Salihu Ibrahim, Nigerian Army Officer (d. 2018).
• 1940 – Judy Amoore, Australian runner.
• 1946 – Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician.
• 1970 – Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician.
• 1976 – Neil Walker, American swimmer.
• 1998 – Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer.

People (Deaths)

• 931 – An Chonghui, Chinese general.
• 1579 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541).
• 1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore d’Artagnan, French captain (b. 1611).
• 1715 – Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and politician (b. 1646).
• 1838 – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774).
• 1876 – James Calhoun, American lieutenant (b. 1845).
• 1876 – Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (b. 1848).
• 1876 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839).
• 1876 – Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honour recipient (b. 1845).
• 1876 – Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (b. 1840).
• 1917 – Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884).
• 1948 – William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895).
• 1990 – Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940).
• 2013 – Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931).
• 2013 – Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935).
• 2013 – Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (b. 1923).