The Tennis Court Oath, depicted by Auguste Couder
- 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: The Duke of Monmouth declared himself King of England at Bridgwater.
- 1789 – French Revolution: Meeting in a tennis court near the Palace of Versailles, members of France's Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (pictured), pledging not to separate until a new constitution was established.
- 1921 – Workers at the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Madras, India, began a four-month strike.
- 1960 – The Mali Federation gained independence from France, but lasted only two months before dividing into Senegal and Mali.
- 2007 – Sammy Sosa of the Texas Rangers became the fifth player in Major League Baseball history to hit his 600th career home run.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (b. 1743) · Voltairine de Cleyre (d. 1912) · Frank Lampard (b. 1978)
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