1829:William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter.
1885:Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.
1914:Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
1945:Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trial for treason.
1952:Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and, for the first time since the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
1995:The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
1997:Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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