| Rome becomes a republic (one suggested date) | ||
| 1594: | Orlando di Lasso died in Munich. He was 62. Orlando was one of the first composers to routinely compose polyphonic music, multiple melodies going at one time. Without Orlando, Bach might not have been possible | ||
| 1642: | 1st compulsory education law in America passed, by Massachusetts | ||
| 1775: | United States Army founded | ||
| 1777: | Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts Stars and Stripes as U.S. flag, replacing Grand Union flag | ||
| 1841: | The first Canadian parliament opened in Kingston | ||
| 1847: | Bunson invents a gas burner | ||
| 1900: | Hawaiian Territorial Government begins | ||
| 1909: | Actor and folk singer Burl Ives born | ||
| 1917: | Gen. Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during World War I | ||
| 1919: | First direct airplane crossing of the Atlantic | ||
| 1922: | Baltimore radio station WEAR first to put on a President (Harding) | ||
| 1940: | German forces occupied Paris during World War II | ||
| 1944: | First B-29 raid against mainland Japan | ||
| 1946: | Real estate developer Donald Trump born | ||
| 1948: | TV Guide is first published | ||
| 1951: | Univac 1, the world's first commercial computer was unveiled and demonstrated in Philadephia PA. It was designed for use by the U.S. Bureau of the Census | ||
| 1954: | President Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance | ||
| 1961: | Androgynous rock musician George "Boy George" Dowd, (Culture Club) born | ||
| 1968: | Actress Jasmine Bleeth born | ||
| 1969: | Tennis player Steffi Graf (in West Germany) born | ||
| 1971: | Actress Traylor Howard ("Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place") born | ||
| 1976: | The Gong Show premiers | ||
| 1977: | M. L. King killer James Earl Ray recaptured after prison break | ||
| 1983: | Health Secretary Margaret Heckler said her department would give top priority to finding the cause and a cure for AIDS | ||
| 1989: | Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was arrested for slapping a Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman | ||
| 1989: | Smoking in closed areas and smoke commercials were forbidden | ||
| 1990: | The Supreme Court, 6-3, upheld police checkpoints that examine drivers for signs of intoxication | ||
| 1992: | The Chicago Bulls won the NBA championship, beating the Portland Trailblazers in game six, 97-to-93 | ||
| 1997: | Hong Kong's future legislature rammed through two laws Saturday to curb political freedoms and civil rights when China takes back the 156-year-old British colony in little more than two weeks' time | ||
| 1998: | The Chicago Bulls clinched their sixth NBA championship, defeating the Utah Jazz in game six played in Salt Lake City, 87-to-86 | ||
