1936 - The Spanish Civil War began with a rebellion in Melilla, then part of Spanish Morocco.
1969 - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy's car crashed off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts, resulting in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who was inside the car.
1994 - A bomb exploded at a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, killing 96 people.
1998 - South African President Nelson Mandela celebrated his 80th birthday by marrying Graça Machel, the widow of Mozambique's President Samora Machel.
2003 - Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant admitted to adultery in a press conference in response to reports that he faced charges of raping a 19-year-old girl in Colorado.
2003 - The body of David Kelly, a British Ministry of Defence weapons expert, was found; he was later confirmed as the source of a BBC report stating that the government exaggerated intelligence reports to justify the war in Iraq.
2005 - General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War, died at the age of 91.
2009 - Palestinians in the city of Nablus in the West Bank attempted to make the largest tray of "Kunafa," a dessert made of sweetened goat cheese pastry.
2012 - Six people were killed in an explosion at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria.
2013 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
2016 - Melania Trump delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention that faced widespread criticism for its similarities to Michelle Obama's 2008 speech.
