1776

Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, outside the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia.

1853

An expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese.

1947

A New Mexico newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, quoted officials at Roswell Army Air Field as saying they had recovered a “flying saucer” that crashed onto a ranch; officials then said it was actually a weather balloon.

1950

President Harry S. Truman named Gen. Douglas MacArthur commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.

2018

Divers rescued four of the 12 boys who’d been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their soccer coach for more than two weeks. (The remaining eight boys and their coach were rescued over the next two days.)

Birthdays

Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 80. Drummer Jaimoe Johanson (The Allman Brothers Band) is 80. Actor Kim Darby is 77. Pro Football Hall of Famer Jack Lambert is 72. Actor Kevin Bacon is 66. Singer Joan Osborne is 62. Actor Milo Ventimiglia is 47. Actor Sophia Bush is 42. Actor Maya Hawke is 26.