Today:
1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founded the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia.
1813 – During the War of 1812, American forces captured Fort George in Ontario, Canada.
1905 – The Battle of Tsushima began during the Russo-Japanese War, resulting in a decisive Japanese naval victory.
1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceased production of the Model T and began retooling plants to produce the Model A.
1930 – The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opened, briefly becoming the world’s tallest building.
1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco was opened to pedestrian traffic.
1941 – The German battleship Bismarck was sunk in the North Atlantic by British forces during World War II.
1967 – Australians voted in a referendum to amend the constitution to include Indigenous Australians in the census.
1995 – Actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition.
2016 – Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, site of the 1945 atomic bombing.