This day in history:
- 1985 – A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest in Basque County to occur.
- 1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- 2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 1965 – Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
Births:
- 1935 – Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (d. 2010)
- 1987 – Josh Reddick, American baseball player
- 1946 – Peter Hudson, Australian footballer and coach
Deaths:
- 446 – Leontius of Trier, Bishop of Trier
- 1970 – Ralph Edward Flanders, US Senator from Vermont (b. 1890)
- 1553 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
Holidays:
- *Christian feast day:*
- Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)
- Commemoration of Vasil Levski (Bulgaria)
Random Article of the day:
Beendorf
Beendorf is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
