622 - Muslim Era begins - Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hijra)
1054 - Three Roman legates fracture relations between Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Often dated as start of the East-West Schism.
1548 - La Paz, Bolivia is founded
1661 - 1st banknotes in Europe are issued by Bank of Stockholm
1945 - 1st test detonation of an atomic bomb, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the US Manhatten Project
1963 - Amazon river carries 190,000 m3/sec of water (record)
1965 - Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens
1969 - Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched
1994 - 1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd)
