1881 – U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
1911 – White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with British warship HMS Hawke.
1934 – Sophia Loren, Italian actress is born.
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
1947 – Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882) dies.
1973 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943) dies.
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
1982 – The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
2007 – Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
2011 – The United States military ends its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
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