► International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
• 1173 – Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of
Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two
centuries to complete.
• 1329 – Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is
erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first
Bishop.
• 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way
telegraph.
• 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse
Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
• 1942 – Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by
British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
• 1996 – Death day of Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented
the jet engine (Birth on 1907)
