1776: King George III of England noted in his diary, "Nothing of importance happened today."

1884: The first American bull fight was held in Dodge City, Kansas. The bull lost.

1929: In Emeryville, California, minor leaguer Roy "Dizzy" Carlyle hit history’s longest home run: 618 feet.

1929: Baseball's Lou Gehrig, "the Iron Horse," said goodbye to his fans at New York's Yankee Stadium.

1969: After 14 tries, 30-year-old Ann Jones or Britain became Wimbledon women's singles champ when she beat Billie Jean King.

1970: Casey Kasem first hosted radio’s "American Top 40."  It was first broadcast on seven a.m. stations.

1972: Singer Willie Nelson inaugurated his first "4th of July Picnic" in Dripping Springs, Texas.

1982: Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne married Sharon, his manager.

1987: Martina Navratilova won her sixth consecutive singles title at Wimbledon.

1993: Participants numbered 2,000 at the annual Nude Chili Cookoff at the Treehouse Fun Ranch in Devore, California.

1994: Michael Jackson and new bride Lisa Marie Presley arrived in Paris for a two-day visit.

1996: An Oslo newspaper reported that the Arctic Circle had moved and was 913 yards north of where everyone thought it was. The Circle is the northern-most point that the sun can be seen on the shortest day of the year. It moves a few yards each year because of the Earth’s rotation. In 15-thousand years or so it’ll move back.

1996: HotMail, a free internet email service, began.

1997: The 400-millionth person visited Disneyland.

2003: Singer Barry White died in Los Angeles at age 58.

2003: After a single case of mad cow disease, Canadian beef prices in grocery stores fell to as low as 75 cents a pound.

2003: Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The charge was later dropped because his accuser did not want to go ahead with a trial.

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