1597 - At 4:30 AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya on his third Arctic expedition to return to the Netherlands (dies on the return voyage) 1906 - Pogrom against Jews in Bialystok, Polish Russia 1919 - 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown) leaves Newfoundland 1952 - US Open Men's Golf, Northwood GC: Julius Boros wins 1st of 3 majors by 4 shots from Ed Oliver 1955 - Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty 1972 - Tropical storm (later hurricane) Agnes forms over Yucatán Peninsula 1985 - Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Baltimore Orioles 1985 - Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists hijacked TWA Flight 847 2018 - 21st FIFA World Cup opens at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia with British singer Robbie Williams and Russian soprano Aida Garifullina performing 2019 - Swiss women hold a national strike over the country's slow pace towards equality More Historical Events »