The first president of the United States of America, George Washington, read the Declaration of Independence.
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A fire broke out in 20th Century Fox's New Jersey film storage facility.
The first-ever Wimbledon Championship began.
Several internal explosions inside Britain's HMS Vanguard battleship occurred at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Nineteen Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious people, known as the Martyrs of Gorkum, were hanged in Brielle, the Netherlands, by militant Dutch Calvinists.
Andy Warhol presented his artwork for the first time at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, US.
