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Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts are burnt in Paris.
Born: Edward I, English king (died 1307).
Died: Dirk V, count of Holland (born 1052).
Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.