EVENTS:
- 1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
- 1825 – Kingdom of Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
- 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
- 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
- 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
- 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- 2012 – At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China.
- 2020 – 2020 Women’s FA Community Shield.
- 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.
BIRTHS:
- 1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
- 1862 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
- 1887 – Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 1978)
- 1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
- 1905 – Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1913 – Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1923 – Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
- 1934 – John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
- 1959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian actor and producer
- 1987 – Elliot Benyon, English footballer
