1381 – Peasants’ Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath
1701 – The Act of Settlement, the law that continues to regulate the succession to the throne of the United Kingdom, was passed by Parliament.
1776 – The constitutional convention of the colony of Virginia adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights, a model for the Bill of Rights later added to the U.S. Constitution.
1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch
1864 – The Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War in Louisa County ends with Confederate tactical victory and Union successful retreat
1931 – Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
1942 – Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam
1964 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1991 – Boris Yeltsin was easily elected president of Russia (then part of the Soviet Union) in the republic’s first direct, popular elections, and he was president of independent Russia until the eve of 2000.
2016 – The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history up to that time occurred when Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding more than 50.
2018 – Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump
Births & Deaths: 1929 – Anne Frank, a world-famous German-born diarist and World War II Holocaust victim, was born.
Sport: 1880 – Worcester pitcher Lee Richmond throws first perfect game in MLB history in 1-0 win over Cleveland
Music: 1990 – “Mariah Carey” debut album by Mariah Carey is released
TV & Film: 1981 – “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the first Indiana Jones film directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford premieres
