1937 - Italian physicist and pioneer of wireless telegraphy, Guglielmo Marconi, passed away.
1944 - German officers attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by planting a bomb under a table at the Nazi leader's headquarters.
1969 - A giant leap for humanity with the landing on the moon.
1974 - Turkish forces invaded northern Cyprus, bombarding Kyrenia and moving towards Nicosia.
1989 - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest due to her outspoken attacks on the country’s military rulers.
1998 - The Danish ferry Cat-Link V completed its crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a world record time of two days, twenty hours, and nine minutes.
2000 - Vietnam opened a stock market in Ho Chi Minh City, marking another step towards capitalism.
2001 - In Italy, anti-globalization protester Carlo Giuliani was killed by a paramilitary police officer during the annual G8 summit in Genoa.
2005 - Canadian actor James Doohan, known as Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott from the "Star Trek" series, passed away at the age of 85.
2006 - French director Gérard Oury, one of the most successful film directors in France during the 1960s and 1970s, passed away at the age of 87.
2006 - A solid platinum tequila bottle and a gold bottle became the most expensive liquor bottles sold (one bottle sold for $225,000).
