1865 – Four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
1906 - The first ever hot air balloon race
1922 - Pierre Cardin born
1927 - Doc Severinsen born
1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company.
1930 - Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dies
1940 - Ringo Starr born
1969 - Former Rolling Stones guitarist, Brian Jones, drowned after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs, an inquest is told. Also Cree Summer born
1974 - The World Cup final of 1974 pitted the 'total football' of the Netherlands, inspired by the exceptional talent of Johan Cruyff, against the Franz Beckenbauer-inspired West Germany at the Olympiastadion in Munich. Germany won 2 nil.
1976 - Ugandan authorities deny knowledge of the whereabouts of missing British-Israeli citizen Dora Bloch.
1980 – Institution of sharia in Iran. Also Michelle Kwan born
1985 - Tennis unknown Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at the age of 17.
1990 - Martina Navratilova wins her 9th Wimbledon singles title. also England lose the World Cup third/fourth place playoff to hosts Italy 2 - 1.
1998 - At least 19 people are killed in riots in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, following the death of the opposition leader.
2001 - Two people have been stabbed and many more injured in running battles between white and Asian gangs in Bradford.
2005 - 7/7 A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network kills more than 52 people and injures over 700 others.
2011 - It is announced that next weekends edition of the News of the World newspaper will be the last, following continuing revelations over phone hacking. Also one person is killed and 16 injured when a section of the roof at FC Twente's De Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede collapses during redevelopment work. In addition thousands of fans attend Trafalgar Square, London for the world premier of the final installment in the Harry Potter franchise.
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