Notorious pirate Captain William Kidd (“Captain Kidd”) seized in Boston–
Pennsylvania Evening Post first newspaper to publish Declaration of Independence–
French scientist Louis Pasteur successfully tested a vaccine against rabies on a boy bitten by an infected dog–
First east-to-west Atlantic crossing by a dirigible (R34) completed, Scotland to N.Y.–
First major league All-Star baseball game was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park–
The main tent of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus went up in flames during a performance in Hartford, Connecticut; over 165 people died and many more were injured–
Candid Microphone made its radio debut–
Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championship becoming the first African American athlete to do so–
A nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site caused the largest manmade crater in the United States (Sedan Crater).–
The first Beatles film, A Hard Day’s Night, premiered–
Fires in Quebec brought smoke to northeastern U.S.–
Queen Elizabeth II dedicated and formally opened a $6.5 million oval granite water fountain in honor of Princess Diana in Hyde Park–
Weather
A hailstone measuring 5.5 inches in diameter and weighing 1.5 pounds fell from the sky in Potter, Nebraska–
Steele, North Dakota, was 121 degrees F–
Moorhead, Minnesota, was 114 degrees F–
Skies over Greater Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, were lit up by over 7,000 lightning strikes.–
