On this day in 1963, the so-called "red telephone" link was established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
On this day in 1975, the film Jaws was released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
On this day in 1979, ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart was shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder was caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
On this day in 2003, the Wikimedia Foundation was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.