1914

In an act that sparked World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.

1919

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending the First World War.

1969

Riots broke out following a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, an LGBTQ+ bar in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, leading to six days of violent protests that served as a watershed moment in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

2000

Seven months after he was found adrift in the Straits of Florida, Elian Gonzalez was returned to his native Cuba.

2019

Avowed white supremacist James Alex Fields, who deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a young woman and injuring dozens, apologized for his actions before being sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges.

Birthdays

Filmmaker-comedian Mel Brooks is 99. Actor Bruce Davison is 79. Actor Kathy Bates is 77. Actor John Cusack is 59. Actor Mary Stuart Masterson is 59. Actor Tichina Arnold is 56. Filmmaker-actor Mike White is 55. Actor Alessandro Nivola is 53. Country singer-TV personality Kellie Pickler is 38.