EVENTS:
- 1767 – Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
- 1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
- 1852 – Congress establishes the United States’ 2nd mint in San Francisco.
- 1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
- 1962 – The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
- 1969 – The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
- 1996 – Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
- 2013 – President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elections are held.
BIRTHS:
- 1851 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
- 1918 – S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1974)
- 1950 – Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
- 1951 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1952 – Amit Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and director
- 1952 – Rohinton Mistry, Indian-Canadian author
- 1959 – Graham Roberts, English footballer
- 1962 – Hugh Page, South African cricketer
- 1976 – Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1980 – Mazharul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2013)
- 1980 – Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1984 – Manny Lawson, American football player
- 1990 – Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
- 1990 – Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
- 1997 – T. J. Hockenson, American football player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Emancipation Day (United States Virgin Islands)
- Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944. (Belarus)
- Women’s Day (Myanmar)
