SS Great Britain in 2005
- 1553 – Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I as Queen of England after holding that title for just nine days.
- 1843 – SS Great Britain (pictured), the first ocean-going ship that had both an iron hull and a screw propeller, launched from Bristol, UK.
- 1903 – French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France.
- 1916 – First World War: "The worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces suffered heavy losses in their unsuccessful assault on the Germans at the Battle of Fromelles in France.
- 1981 – French President François Mitterrand privately revealed to US President Ronald Reagan documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.
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