1485 – Henry Tudor’s army sails to England (future Henry VII)
1639 – French Ursuline nun Marie de l’Incarnation arrives in Quebec on board the Saint-Joseph – goes on to open first school for girls and play a large part in establishing Catholicism in New France
1842 – Rotherhithe Tunnel under the Thames opens
1890 – Cecil Rhodes’ colonists reach Lundi
1900 – The 1st Michelin Guide is published by the brothers Édouard and André Michelin as a hotel and restaurant reference guide to encourage more road travel and thus boost tire sales (exact date beyond Aug 1900 unknown)
1917 – Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, Montana
1961 – German DR limits traffic to West Berlin
1987 – Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America
1992 – USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
2002 – In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a 5-year contract extension the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19m signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history