1692 – Bridget Bishop, Colonial Massachusetts woman hanged as a witch during the Salem witch trials (b. 1632) dies.
1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
1854 – The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
1940 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
1944 – In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
1964 – United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
1967 – The Gateway Arch opens to the public.
1967 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900) dies.
1976 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1873) dies.
1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
1977 – The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
1982 – Tara Lipinski, American figure skater is born.
1988 – Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1908) dies.
1992 – Kate Upton, American model and actress is born.
2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
2003 – Wicked opens on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.
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