1483

England’s King Richard III was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1777

During the American Revolution, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga.

1885

French scientist Louis Pasteur tested an anti-rabies vaccine on 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by an infected dog; the boy did not develop rabies.

1933

The first All-Star baseball game was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park; the American League defeated the National League 4-2.

1942

Anne Frank, her parents and sister entered a “secret annex” in an Amsterdam building where they were later joined by four other people; they hid from Nazi occupiers for two years before being discovered.

1957

Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

Birthdays

The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 90. Singer Gene Chandler is 88. Country singer Jeannie Seely is 85. Actor Burt Ward is 80. Former President George W. Bush is 79. Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 79. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 74. Actor-writer Jennifer Saunders is 67. Rapper 50 Cent is 50. Actor Kevin Hart is 46.