1944 - The Battle of the Philippine Sea ended with Japan losing all of its trained pilots and at least 4,000 sailors in a battle against the United States.
1969 - In the British colony of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), a referendum on the proposed constitution resulted in a sweeping victory for Ian Smith's proposals for the republic.
1999 - Former NATO Secretary General Javier Solana stated that all Serbian forces had left Kosovo, and NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia officially ended.
2001 - General Pervez Musharraf, the military ruler of Pakistan, took an oath to officially become the country's president after the ousting of Mohammad Rafiq Tarar, the titular president, since Musharraf seized power in 1999.
2004 - Cincinnati Reds star Ken Griffey Jr. achieved his 500th home run.
2005 - Jack Kilby, the inventor of the integrated circuit, the foundation of the computer chip revolution and what is now known as the trillion-dollar industry, passed away at the age of 81.
2006 - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced that Japan would withdraw its troops from Iraq, thereby ending its most dangerous and ambitious military mission abroad since World War II.
2007 - U.S. President George W. Bush vetoed a bill to expand federally funded stem cell research, sparking a tough battle in the Democrat-led Congress to overturn it.
2009 - The first weightless wedding took place on a specially equipped Boeing 727.
2013 - Clashes occurred between protesters and police outside the Confederations Cup football match in Salvador.
2016 - A record heat wave was recorded in the southwestern United States.
