Beau Brummel (George Bryan Brummell) 1778 - Arbiter of men's fashion in Regency England
- 1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.
- 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
- 1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.
- 1948 - The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia.
- 1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq's only nuclear reactor.
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