Today:
1189 – Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart, ascended to the English throne upon the death of his father, Henry II of England.
1415 – Jan Hus, the Czech religious reformer, was burned at the stake after being condemned for heresy at the Council of Constance.
1535 – Thomas More was executed for refusing to recognize Henry VIII as head of the Church of England.
1777 – During the American Revolutionary War, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga from American troops.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first rabies vaccine to nine-year-old Joseph Meister.
1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Comiskey Park in Chicago, with the American League defeating the National League 4–2.
1942 – Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam to escape Nazi persecution during World War II.
1944 – The Hartford Circus Fire in Connecticut killed 167 people and injured hundreds, becoming one of the deadliest circus disasters in U.S. history.
1957 – Althea Gibson became the first Black player to win the singles title at Wimbledon Championships.
2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Crash crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport, killing three people and injuring many others.