Comic-Con celebrated its 48th yearly event in San Diego.
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Nineteen Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious people, known as the Martyrs of Gorkum, were hanged in Brielle, the Netherlands, by militant Dutch Calvinists.
The first-ever Wimbledon Championship began.
The British TV series ''The Office” first aired on the BBC.
The first president of the United States of America, George Washington, read the Declaration of Independence.
Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & Comets reached #1 on the US singles charts.