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World War I: In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on the Kingdom of Serbia and begins the Great War.
Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans using arson, bayonets, sabers, tanks, tear gas, and vomit gas.
The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
The Trans-Canada Highway, the then-longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
World War II: Operation Tidal Wave, also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
World War II: After the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
World War I: The German occupation of Luxembourg begins.
World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.