29 BCE: Battle of Actium: Octavian's forces defeat Marc Antony and Cleopatra's navy, leading to Octavian's dominance over Rome.
947: Death of King Athelstan : His passing marks the end of the reign of one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon rulers in England.
1298: Signing of the Auld Alliance. This treaty establishes a mutual defense relationship between France and Scotland against England that lasts for hundreds of years.
1793: Execution of Charlotte Corday. Corday become famous for assassinating Jean-Paul Marat. She became an icon of the French Revolution as a result of her actions.
1870: Completion of the Suez Canal After more than ten years of difficult toil, the Suez Canal opens for worldwide traffic, significantly reducing travel times between Europe and Asia.
1904: Birth of Michelangelo Antonioni (d. 2007): One of the key personalities of postwar Italian cinema, renowned for directing important movies featuring isolation and alienation
1932: BBC television transmissions start: The British Broadcasting Corporation begins its initial experimental regular television broadacasts.
1942: Mass arrests begin for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In their attempts to quell opposition , Nazi troops take hold of thousands of Jewish prisoners.
1976: Montreal Olympics begin and last until August 1. For various reasons, these Olympi are frequently referred to as some of the most dramatic.
1992: Barcelona Summer Olympics are launched during one of the Olympics that is regarded as being among the best ever..
2008: Launch of the Large Hadron Collider: Scientists take CERN's massive particle accelerator online .