1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes
631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeds in freeing 80,000
1776 – Continental Congress creates committee (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence
1927 – American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.
1963 – US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is “time to act”
1987 – Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term
2001 – Timothy McVeigh—convicted of the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people in what was then the worst terrorist attack in the U.S.—was executed.
2014 – Islamic State of Iraq forces seize control of government offices and other important buildings in the northern city of Mosul
Births & Deaths: 1880 – Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to be a member of the U.S. Congress, was born.
Sport: 2017 – French Open Men’s Tennis: Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 6–2, 6–3, 6–1; becomes first man to win French title 10 times
Music: 2019 – “The New York Times” reveals an estimated 500,000 song titles, including masters of Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, lost in 2008 warehouse fire on Universal backlot in Los Angeles
TV & Film: 1993 – “Jurassic Park”, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
