Here is a note of 11 things that happened on this day in history.
1. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras
2. 1932 - The tenth modern Olympic Games opens in Los Angeles
3. 1945 - The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It is one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men
4. 1954 - Elvis Presley made his first professional performance at the Overton Park Shell Concert in Memphis
5. 1966 - England win the World Cup for the first time since the tournament began in 1930
6. 1974 - Greek, Turkish and UK foreign ministers sign a peace agreement for Cyprus
7. 1991 - Italian tenor Pavorotti celebrates 30 years in opera with a huge, free concert in Hyde Park
8. 2006 - The longest running popular music program, Top Of The Pops,ends after over 40 years
9. 2000 - Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt marry
10. 2001 - Lance Armstrong becomes the first American to win three consecutive Tours de France
11. 2011 - The Queen's granddaughter, Zara Philips, marries rugby player Mike Tindall in Edinburgh
Source: BBC, Wikipedia, historyorb.com, infoplease.com, history.co.uk, brainyhistory.com, on-this-day.com, thepeopleshistory
image: © Ben Sutherland
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