1298 – Rindfleisch Persecutions – Jews of Ifhauben, Austria massacred
1793 – 1st republican constitution in France adopted
1853 – US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square-miles (76,800 square km) from Mexico for $10 million (now southern Arizona and New Mexico)
1881 – 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla, Mexico
1901 – Jewish National Fund starts
1948 – Soviet Union begins the West Berlin Blockade by stopping access by road, rail and water
1960 – Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa v England Lord’s
2010 – In the longest match in tennis history, American John Isner defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon after 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over 3 days
2011 – Italian economist Mario Draghi is confirmed as new President of the European Central Bank
2019 – Mysterious sickness affects 718 children with 152 deaths around Indian city of Muzaffarpur, previously thought due to lychee fruit but now unknown