-Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain, 1539
-Josephine Baker, African American dancer, born, 1906
-Franz Kafka, Czech novelist, dies, 1924
-In Los Angeles, CA white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots, 1941
-Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, NE taking 5 lives, 357 single family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, and 49 businesses causing $300 million in damages, 1980
-The Chinese government sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after a 7-week occupation, 1989
-The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end when Montenegro declares its independence, 2006
-Holiday: Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan)
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