•1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity
•1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
•1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain
•1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state
•1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter
•1954 – UEFA (the Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland
•1964 – Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer, was born
•1969 – Ice Cube, American singer and actor, was born
•1969 – Oliver Kahn, German footballer, was born
•1978 – Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer, was born
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