1779-Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar, which lasts 3 years, 7 months, and 2 weeks1858-Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" accepting Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the Senate1904-Bloomsday, the date of the fictional events in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses"1963-Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who becomes the first woman in space1999 -Thabo Mbeki is elected second president of a democratic South Africa2000-Israel complies with U.N. Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Shebaa Farms.