1850 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1905 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 20,000.
1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
1960 - Senegal independence day.
1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.