Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a United Nations Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.

Pakistan International Flight PK-688 crashes in Multan, Pakistan, shortly after takeoff, killing all 45 people on board.

Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.

A Neoplan bus, owned by Kowloon Motor Bus, collides with a truck, falls off a bridge on Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong, and plunges into the underlying valley, killing 21 people. This is the deadliest traffic accident to date in Hong Kong.

At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting ''The Massacre of the Innocents'' is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.

A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.

EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.

Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.

Partido Popular (Spain) member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.

In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.

The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.

Greenpeace vessel ''Rainbow Warrior'' is bombed and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.

Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.

President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.

''World News Tonight'' premieres on ABC.

One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.

The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy.

National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.

The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d'etat, which lasts until June 11.

Maurice Couve de Murville becomes Prime Minister of France.

Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people came to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary.

Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.

Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

World War II: The launching of Operation Husky begins the Italian Campaign.

Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.

Jedwabne Pogrom: the massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.

World War II: Battle of Britain

World War II: the Vichy government is established in France.

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.

Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.

Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.

Belfast's Bloody Sunday: 16 people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (

Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.

The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.

Big Ben rings for the first time. [first strike on July 11, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5801737/Big-Ben-celebrates-150th-anniversary.html]

Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term.

U.S.President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.

The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.

The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.

American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.

English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.

William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.

Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.

Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon, after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.

The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.

The city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey.

Emperor Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae, he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.