- 1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after having that title for just nine days.
- 1814 – Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor was born.
- 1848 1st women’s rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)
- 1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was born.
- 1877 – 1st Wimbledon tennis championships held.
- 1939 - 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R.P. Scholz, St Louis, Mo.
- 1941 - British PM Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign.
- 1941 – President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee
- 1943 – Allied air forces raid Rome during WW II.
- 1952 - 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki.
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