1203 – Siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth Crusade, Crusaders aboad a Venetian fleet attack the city
1863 – Māori forces are defeated by British troops at Koheroa, Waikato, in the New Zealand Wars between Maori tribes and British colonials
1867 – 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established
1974 – 1st quadrophonic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues
1979 – David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston
1981 – Glasdrumman ambush: the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a British Army post in South Armagh, killing 1 soldier and injuring another
1994 – Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship
1995 – Forbes Magazine announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world with a net worth of $12.9 billion dollars
1997 – 30th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
2013 – 7 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria