1912 – 5th Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden closes
1942 – 4th Soviet army forms with 80 tanks
1943 – US forces led by General George Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily
1961 – WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1972 – 59th Tour de France won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
1973 – US Open Women’s Golf, CC of Rochester: Susie Maxwell Berning wins by 5 from Gloria Ehret and Shelley Hamlin for her third national title
1987 – Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
1990 – 119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St Andrews Scotland
2004 – 37th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
2014 – News broadcaster Al Jazeera claim that its office in Gaza is under attack by the Israeli Defence Force