Historical Events ###
- 1869: Thomas Edison receives his first patent, for an electric vote recorder.
- 1941: The first National Defense Conference begins to plan the industrial expansion needed for World War II.
- 1944: The Allied forces invade Normandy, France, in a massive seaborne operation that was dubbed Operation Overlord.
- 1963: The first woman in America, Valentina Tereshkova, goes into space and spends 3 days there.
- 1968: Robert F. Kennedy is shot and killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California Democratic presidential primary.
- 1982: Israel invades Lebanon in an operation called Operation Peace for Galilee, which aimed to destroy PLO bases in Lebanon.
- 1984: Jaruzelski, the Polish President, lifts the martial law that had been imposed in December 1981.
- 1985: The first mobile phone call (not wireless) is made in New York City.
- 1990: The first post-communist government in Poland, led by Tadeusz Mazowiecki, takes office.
- 1991: President George H. W. Bush authorizes Operation Desert Storm, the Persian Gulf War campaign against Iraq, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
- 2013: Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee, leaks classified information from the United States National Security Agency (NSA).
Notable Births ###
- 1799: Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and writer (d. 1837)
- 1872: Sir Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic explorer (d. 1912)
- 1898: Salvador Allende, President of Chile (d. 1973)
- 1903: Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d. 1978)
- 1926: Glenn Ford, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1934: Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- 1946: Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
- 1956: Bjorn Borg, Swedish tennis player
- 1961: Tom Hanks, American actor, director, and producer
- 1972: Noah Wyle, American actor
Notable Deaths ###
- 1832: Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
- 1881: Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
- 1912: Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic explorer (b. 1872)
- 1961: Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
- 1968: Robert F. Kennedy, American politician (b. 1925)
- 1982: Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
- 2005: Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
- 2014: Lorna Wing, British psychiatrist (b. 1928)