- 813 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: A vastly outnumered Bulgarian Empire force defeated a Byzantine army in the Battle of Versinikia.
- 1911 – George V and Mary of Teck were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of a forthcoming American attack, Laura Secord set out on a 30 km (19 mi) journey from Queenston, Ontario, Upper Canada, on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
- 1941 – World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation.
- 1986 – Argentine footballer Diego Maradona (pictured) scored both the "Hand of God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup.
Paulinus of Nola (d. 431) · Pascual Díaz y Barreto (b. 1876) · Elizabeth Warren (b. 1949)
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