1991: Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
1916: The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
1915: US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
1914: World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
1911: Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1910: The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
1907: The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
1885: Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1871: Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).