215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
1616 – William Shakespeare, English playwright and actor (b. 1564) died.
1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1910 – American President Theodore Roosevelt makes his “The Man in the Arena” speech.
1940 – The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler’s designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.
1951 – American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
1960 – Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard) (d. 1991) was born.
1961 – George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host was born.
1966 – Matt Freeman, American bass player (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Social Distortion, Basic Radio, Downfall, and Devils Brigade) was born.
1968 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, carried out the Oklahoma City Bombing (executed 2001) was birthed.
1968 – Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
1977 – John Oliver, English-American comedian and actor was born.
1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
1993 – Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927) died.
1998 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928) died.
2005 – First YouTube video uploaded, titled “Me at the zoo”.
2007 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931) died.
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