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Events
- 70 - The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
- 1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar captured by English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
- 1914 - World War I: Germany invades Belgium; in response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany.
- 1964 - American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
- 1974 - A bomb explodes in an Italicus Expressen train between Italy and West Germany. Italian neo-fascist terrorists take responsibility.
- 1984 - The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
- 1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present both sides of controversial issues.
- 2007 - The first Sachsentag (Saxon day) meetings in held in Saxony, Germany by German nationalists.
Births
- 1920 - Helen Thomas, American journalist
- 1955 - Alberto Gonzales, American U.S. Attorney General
- 1961 - Barack Obama, Jr., President of the United States
Deaths
- 1875 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (b. 1805)
- 1930 - Siegfried Wagner, German composer and son of Richard Wagner (b. 1869)
- 1955 - William J. Cameron, journalist and ghost author of The International Jew (b. 1878)
