1945 - The Philippines was fully liberated by American General Douglas MacArthur during World War II.
1945 - Australian Prime Minister John Curtin died during World War II.
1948 - The National Health Service, managed by the state, was established in Britain.
1975 - Arthur Ashe defeated fellow American Jimmy Connors to become the first Black player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon.
1989 - Former White House aide Oliver North was fined $150,000 in the Iran-Contra scandal that shook the Reagan administration.
1994 - Yasser Arafat traveled to the West Bank after 27 years in exile to transform the areas governed by Palestinians into a state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
2000 - Turkey's Court of Appeals sentenced former Islamic Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan to one year in prison for inciting hatred.
2002 - Legendary baseball player Ted Williams, one of the greatest of all time and the last American to hit .400 in a single season, died at the age of 83.
2006 - Enron founder Ken Lay died of heart disease six weeks after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the financial scandal that brought down the company.
2012 - The Shard building in London was opened, becoming the tallest building in Europe.
2016 - NASA's Juno spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter.
