1373 – Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world’s oldest extant) signed in London
1866 – US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)
1878 – Congress of Berlin begins, determines the territories of the states in the Balkan peninsula following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78
1956 – The last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt
1966 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favour of Ernesto Miranda in Miranda v. Arizona, affirming that constitutional guarantees against self-incrimination include restrictions on police interrogation of an arrested suspect.
1971 – The New York Times began publishing the “Pentagon Papers”—a series of articles based on a study of the U.S. role in Indochina from World War II until May 1968.
2000 – South Korean President Kim Dae Jung meets leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang
2005 – After a 14-week trial that became a media circus, American pop singer Michael Jackson was acquitted of child-molestation charges.
Births & Deaths: 1897 – Finnish track athlete Paavo Nurmi—who dominated long-distance running in the 1920s, capturing nine gold medals in three Olympic Games (1920, 1924, 1928)—was born.
Sport: 1895 – Emile Levassor wins the first automobile race in history the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, taking 48 hours and 48 minutes (1,178 km)
Music: 1995 – Björk releases her 2nd art pop solo album “Post”
TV & Film: 1978 – Film “Grease” opens, starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical
