1334 – Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by artist Giotto di Bondone
1801 – HMS Investigator sets off on a voyage to determine if New Holland (Australia) is one island or two, under command of Matthew Flinders, with botanist Robert Brown and artists Ferdinand Bauer and William Westall aboard
1896 – George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1951 – Uruguay accepts its constitution
1959 – 46th Tour de France won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain
1970 – Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits
1977 – Hugh Leonard’s “Da” premieres in London
1982 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon: American Tom Watson wins his 4th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price
2012 – Syrian suicide bombing kills three high profile government officials, including Syria’s Minister of Defence
2015 – “The Sun” newspaper in Britain controversially publishes old picture and video of Queen Elizabeth giving Nazi salute in 1933