EVENTS
- 1930 – The first Football World Cup takes place.
- 1932 – Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles. The tenth Summer Olympics was officially opened. This was the second time that the city of Los Angeles was hosting the multi-event international sports meet.
- 1954 – Elvis Presley makes his debut as a public performer.
Elvis Presley - 1956 – “In God We Trust” is adopted as the U.S. national motto.
- 1975 – Former Teamsters Union leader James Hoffa was last seen outside a restaurant near Detroit, Michigan. His 13-year federal prison sentence had been commuted by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971. On December 8, 1982, seven years after his disappearance, an Oakland County judge declared Hoffa officially dead.
- 1980 – Vanuatu gains independence. The Republic of Vanuatu gained independence from France and UK.
- 1980 – The Israeli Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law and adds it to Israel’s Basic Law. The law declared Jerusalem the unified capital of Israel.
- 1990 – The first Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line.
- 2002 – Pretoria Accord signed. The Pretoria Accord was signed between the between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda as an attempt to end the Second Congo War.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1818 – Emily Bronte (Author wrote Wuthering Heights)
- 1863 – Henry Ford (Auto Pioneer)
- 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger (Actor and California Governor)
- 1963 – Lisa Kudrow (Actress from Friends)
- 1970 – Christopher Nolan (English/American director, screenwriter, producer)
- 1971 – Tom Green (Comedian)
- 1974 – Hilary Swank (Actress)
Hilary Swank - 1977 – Jaime Pressly (Actress)
- 1981 – Hope Solo (American Soccer Player)
DEATHS
- 1718 – William Penn (English businessman, founder of Pennsylvania)
- 1898 – Otto von Bismarck (German politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire)
Otto von Bismarck - 1912 – Emperor Meiji (of Japan)
- 1996 – Claudette Colbert (American actress)
- 2007 – Ingmar Bergman (Swedish director)
