In 1030, the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, was killed in battle.
In 1588, the English soundly defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines.
In 1887, operetta composer Sigmund Rombergg was born in Nagykanizsa,
In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh died in Auvers, France.
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA. Eisenhower call the legislation a "historic step" that would further equip the United States "for leadership in the Space Age."