1207 - King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
1783 - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
1787 - Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1806 - Zebulon Pike begins his journey to explore the American Southwest
1888 - Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1922 - US Open Men's Golf, Skokie CC: Gene Sarazen wins the first of his 7 major titles, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones
1954 - 1st commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
2003 - AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2014 - 85th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Target Field, Minnesota
2017 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain beats Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 for her 2nd Grand Slam title
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