The worlds largest air show disaster occurs when a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine resulting in the death of…

George B. McClellan takes over command of the Army of the Potomac after a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run during…

The very first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid down.

The cyslist, Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.

At The International Whaling Commission meeting, they decide to put and end to commercial whaling by 1985-86.

The Acts of Union 1707 is agreed upon by the commissioners from the Kingdoms of England and of Scotland, which, when leads to the creation…

The four day long Libyan-Egyptian War starts

A crackdown of the practice of Falun Gong a large scale crackdown of the practice is launched after it is banned in the People’s Republic…

The Great Fire of Rome starts to burn in the merchant area and soon burns out of control.

James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others at McDonald’s in San Ysidro, California. He is shot dead by police.