1750 – Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685) dies.
1854 – USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned.
1866 – Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943) is born.
1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1879 – Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (d. 1966) is born.
1896 – The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
1907 – Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983) is born.
1915 – The United States begins a 20-year occupation of Haiti.
1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (d. 1994) is born.
1932 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist, created Garfield is born.
1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
1965 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1984 – The 1984 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad were opened in Los Angeles.
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