| | 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. |
| | 1619 - Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt of the Thirty Years' War |
| | 1692 - Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries". |
| | 1719 - Battle of Glen Shiel |
| | 1793 - The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris (becoming, a year later, the first public zoo). |
| | 1793 - French Revolution: Following arrests of Girondin leaders the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship. |
| | 1801 - Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing tribute. |
| | 1829 - First Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge. |
| | 1846 - Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico. |
| | 1854 - The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate. |
| | 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads – Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi. |
| | 1871 - Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island Shinmiyangyo, Korea. |
| | 1886 - Eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. |
| | 1898 - US Marines land on the island of Cuba during the Spanish-American War. |
| | 1924 - Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. |
| | 1925 - Inagural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto arena |
| | 1935 - Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob. |
| | 1940 - World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom. |
| | 1940 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with "Stab in the Back" speech from the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. |
| | 1940 - World War II: German forces, under General Erwin Rommel, reach the English Channel. |
| | 1940 - World War II: Canada declares war on Italy. |
| | 1940 - World War II: Norway Surrenders to German forces. |
| | 1942 - World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice as reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. |
| | 1944 - World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. |
| | 1944 - In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game. |
| | 1945 - Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei. |
| | 1947 - Saab produces its first automobile. |
| | 1965 - Vietnam War: Battle of Dong Xoai begins. |
| | 1967 - Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. |
| | 1967 - Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
| | 1973 - John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy. |
| | 1977 - James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13. |
| | 1977 - Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer. |
| | 1978 - Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
| | 1980 - The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela. |
| | 1980 - Percy Wood, president of United Airlines, is injured by an exploding package sent by the Unabomber. |
| | 1991 - In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades," New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm. |
| | 1996 - Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin. |
| | 1997 - Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold. |
| | 1999 - Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. |
| | 2001 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Saint Rafqa |
| | 2003 - The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. |