Today in HistoryThis day in history:
- 1265 – Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
- 1964 – Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- 1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, a fleet of six East India Company ships sets sail from Fort Marlborough to raid the Dutch VOC factories on the West coast of Sumatra including the major port of Padang.
- 1821 – The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
Births:
- 1984 – Terry Campese, Australian rugby league player
- 1976 – Paul Goldstein, American tennis player
- 1978 – Satoshi Hino, Japanese voice actor
Deaths:
- 2007 – Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (born 1926)
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, French-English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward (born 1208)
- 1976 – Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (born 1923)
Holidays:
- Coast Guard Day (United States)
- 2020 Beirut explosion commemoration day in Lebanon
- Constitution Day (Cook Islands); first Monday in August
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