1904 - A fire broke out on the General Slocum steamboat, which sank in New York Harbor. Approximately 1,000 people died, mostly women and children.
1919 - Englishmen John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
1967 - More than 50,000 fans attended the first Monterey, California Rock Music Festival.
1994 - Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations and signed a historic agreement on mutual recognition, reconciling centuries of estrangement between Catholics and Jews.
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Jazz," passed away at the age of 79.
2001 - The five Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries—China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan—welcomed new member Uzbekistan and rebranded as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional body to combat Islamic extremism.
2001 - The first hybrid minibus was put on sale.
2003 - Hume Cronyn passed away at the age of 91 after a career spanning more than six decades in Broadway and Hollywood. He made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" in 1943 and continued to appear in films such as "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "12 Angry Men," and "Cocoon."
2006 - Pop stars Cheryl Tweedy and Victoria Beckham watched their partners play with England in the World Cup in Germany.
2012 - Nick Wallenda became the first person to successfully walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls.
2013 - A bus bombing occurred in Quetta, Pakistan.
