📜 This Day in History

July 1

• 692Berhtwald was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1841Thomas Lempriere and James Clark Ross carved a sandstone marker on Tasmania's Isle of the Dead, one of the oldest benchmarks for measuring sea level rise.
• 1916First World War: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the bloodiest day in the British Army's history, with 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 deaths.
• 1940Second World War: The Grand Quartier Général of the French Army was disbanded, following the French surrender.
• 1970The Belfast Banking Company, which issued banknotes in Northern Ireland, merged with its rival Northern Bank.
• 2008Rioting erupted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, over allegations of fraud surrounding the recent legislative election.

Born on this day

• 1646Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1716)
• 1804George Sand, French author and playwright (died 1876)
• 1961Diana, Princess of Wales (died 1997)
• 1967Pamela Anderson, Canadian-American model and actress