Historical Events

Dampier Lands at Shark Bay

1699 HMS Roebuck, captained by William Dampier , lands at Shark Bay, Western Australia on the first British scientific expedition to Australia

1861 The British annex Lagos, Nigeria

1915 The British land more troops at Suvla Bay on the northern shore of Gallipoli in an effort to break the stalemate on the peninsula during WWI

1923 Henry Sullivan becomes the third person and first American to swim across the English Channel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 27 hours and 25 minutes

1926 American Gertrude Ederle (20) becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel from Cap Gris-Nez, France, to Kingsdown, England, in 14 hours and 39 minutes, setting a record for males and females

1961 British auto racer Sterling Mos

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