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1756
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Britain declared war on France, beginning the French and Indian War.
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1792
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The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.
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1875
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The first Kentucky Derby was run at Louisville, KY.
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1940
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Germany occupied Brussels, Belgium and began the invasion of France.
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1946
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U.S. President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
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1948
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The Soviet Union recognized the new state of Israel.
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1954
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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal.
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1973
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The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings.
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1980
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Rioting erupted in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive, Arthur McDuffie. Eight people were killed in the rioting.
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1985
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Bobby Ewing died on the season finale of "Dallas" on CBS-TV. He returned the following season.
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1987
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An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors. Iraq and the United States called the attack a mistake.
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1996
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U.S. President Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. Megan's Law was named for 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed in 1994.
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1998
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New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league baseball history to throw a perfect game.
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2000
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Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and David Luker surrendered to police in Birmingham, AL. The two former Ku Klux Klan members were arrested on charges from the bombing of a church in 1963 that killed four young black girls.
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2001
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The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp based on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip.
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