1914 - US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
1999 - Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a "900" (a 2½-revolution aerial spin) at the X Games in San Francisco, California
2003 - Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Radiohead, Moby, and R.E.M. headline; other performers include David Gray, The Polyphonic Spree; Jimmy Cliff, Sigur Rós, Los Lobos, and Yes
2018 - Democrat Representative Joseph Crowley is defeated in New York Primary election by liberal challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
2023 - Archaeologists in Roman city of Pompeii uncover a "pizza" painting in a fresco from house next to a bakery (more likely flatbread as lacks essential ingredients tomatoes and mozzarella)

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1889 - Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1967)
1905 - Ruby Middleton Forsythe, African-American teacher who taught for 50 years in one-room schoolhouse in South Carolina, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1992)