EVENTS:
- 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
- 1908 – Khilafat Day – the day of establishment of Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyya.
- 1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
- 1933 – The Century of Progress World’s Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
- 1968 – Major League Baseball’s National League awards Montreal the first franchise in Canada and the first franchise outside the United States. (the Montreal Expos)
- 2006 – The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.
- 2009 – Soyuz TMA-15 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- 2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
- 2018 – 2018 Maryland flood event occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley causing 1 death and an destroying the entire first floors of buildings in Main St, Ellicott City and causing cars to overturn.
BIRTHS:
- 1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
- 1875 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (d. 1942)
- 1897 – John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
- 1923 – Henry Kissinger, German-American politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (d. 2013)
- 1962 – Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer
- 1967 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer, coach, and manager
- 1971 – Lee Sharpe, English footballer
- 1975 – Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
- 1977 – Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1979 – Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
- 1988 – Tyler Sash, American football player (d. 2015)
