1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosull.
1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
1519 – Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
1846 – Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone
1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
1926 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
1950 – Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
1950 – Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
1969 – Stonewall riots begin, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
1981 – A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
Births
1491 – Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
1703 – John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (d. 1791)
1902 – Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (d. 1979)
1946 – Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)
1971 – Elon Musk, South African-American businessman
Deaths
1836 – James Madison, academic and politician, 4th President of the US
1975 – Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
