1687

Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.

1811

Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

1852

Frederick Douglass delivered his speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York.

1935

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act.

1946

The modern bikini, designed by Frenchman Louis Reard, was first modeled in Paris.

1996

Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell by scientists at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh, was born.

Birthdays

Julie Nixon Eisenhower is 77. Rock star Huey Lewis is 75. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage is 74. NFL Hall of Fame receiver James Lofton is 69. Cartoonist Bill Watterson is 67. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 66. Actor Kathryn Erbe is 60. Actor Michael Stuhlbarg is 57. Rapper RZA is 56. R&B singer Joe is 52. Actor Ryan Hansen is 44. Actor Danay Garcia is 41. Retired soccer player Megan Rapinoe is 40.