1785 – Dollar is officially adopted as the money unit of the United States.
1801- Outbreak of the “Battle Aldzeras” between the French fleet Navy and the British Royal Navy.
1885 –Louis Pasteur successfully tests a vaccine against rabies on an Infected child.
1964 – Malawi gains independence from UK, two years later full independence announced.
1975 – Independence of Comoros Islands from France announced.
2005 – International Olympic Committee selects the city of London to host the Summer Olympics for 2012.
Passed away:
2005 – French writer and Nobel-Laureate Claude Simon.
Occasions:
Independence Day of Cameroon.
H. Zain/ Barry