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1863: Nearly half of the men in the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, one of the first black U.S. Army regiments, are killed or wounded in an assault on Confederate Fort Wagner in South Carolina.

1936: Led by generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola, a rebellion of the army against the Spanish Second Republic begins the Spanish Civil War.

1969: Senator Edward Kennedy drives his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. Although his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowns, he fails to report the accident until the following morning.

1999: Golfer Paul Lawrie wins the British Open despite beginning the last round 10 shots behind, after Jean Van de Velde blows a three-shot lead on the final hole.