Today:
1098 — Fighters of the First Crusade defeated Kerbogha of Mosul at the Battle of Antioch.
1389 — The Battle of Kosovo was fought between Serbian forces and the Ottoman Empire.
1519 — Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor.
1776 — American forces defeated a British attack at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island during the American Revolutionary War.
1838 — Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1846 — Adolphe Sax was granted a patent for the saxophone.
1914 — Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo, helping trigger World War I.
1919 — The Treaty of Versailles was signed, formally ending World War I between Germany and the Allied powers.
1969 — The Stonewall uprising began in New York City, becoming a major turning point in the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
1997 — Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield during their heavyweight boxing match in Las Vegas.