EVENTS:
- 1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
- 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1977 – End of a four day long Libyan–Egyptian War.
- 1982 – Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
- 1991 – Manmohan Singh presents his budget speech to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in India
- 2013 – A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.
- 2014 – Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers with 116 people on board. The wreckage is later found in Mali.
- 2019 – Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.
- 2024 – A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal killing 18.
BIRTHS:
- 1857 – Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- 1867 – Fred Tate, English cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1888 – Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1973)
- 1917 – Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1930 – Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, 10th Chief Minister of Gujarat
- 1935 – Derek Varnals, South African cricketer
- 1937 – Manoj Kumar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1938 – John Sparling, New Zealand cricketer
- 1945 – Azim Premji, Indian businessman and philanthropist
- 1947 – Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer
- 1981 – Mark Robinson, English footballer
- 1988 – Ricky Petterd, Australian footballer
- 1991 – Manuel Fischnaller, Italian footballer
- 1992 – Dmitry Abyzov, Russian footballer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Pioneer Day (Utah)
- Simón Bolívar Day (Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, and Bolivia)
