1903 – New bicycle race “Tour de France” announced
1923 – UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin and US Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon agree to reschedule repayment of Britain’s $4.5 billion war debt over 62 years
1938 – General Motors begins mass production of diesel engines
1943 – 1st Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
1950 – Maiden flight by Canada’s Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
1970 – Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priests
1982 – Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
1991 – Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
1992 – IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
2016 – China’s economic growth revealed as lowest for 25 years – 6.9% in 2015