1531 – The city of San Juan del Río, Mexico, is founded.
1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London.
1813 – Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
1880 – First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
1893 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1971) is born.
1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d. 1983) is born.
1908 – Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the United States (b. 1837) dies.
1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
1987 – Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer is born.
1995 – "Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
2004 – In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
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