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Events
- 1680 – The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1760 – French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
- 1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is adopted by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1776 – The Declaration of Independence was read aloud in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1889 – The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
- 1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- 1898 – The shooting death of crime boss Soapy Smith releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
- 1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
- 1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
- 1969 – IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.
- 1999 – Allen Lee Davis is executed by electrocution by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida.
- 2004 – Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident. United States Marine Corps officer Michael Brown is convicted on Okinawa for "attempting an indecent act" and "destruction of property" and is sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for three years.