Franz Kafka 1883 - Author
- 1608 - The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- 1775 - U.S. Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, MA.
- 1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
- 1898 - During the Spanish American War, a fleet of Spanish ships in Cuba's Santiago Harbor attempted to run a blockade of U.S. naval forces. Nearly all of the Spanish ships were destroyed in the battle that followed.
- 1944 - The U.S. First Army opened a general offensive to break out of the hedgerow area of Normandy, France.
- 1954 - Food rationing ended in Great Britain almost nine years after the end of World War II.
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