Historical Events for 18th July 2023

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1334 - Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by artist Giotto di Bondone
1801 - HMS Investigator sets off on a voyage to determine if New Holland (Australia) is one island or two, under command of Matthew Flinders, with botanist Robert Brown and artists Ferdinand Bauer and William Westall aboard
1896 - George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1951 - Uruguay accepts its constitution
1959 - 46th Tour de France won by Federico Bahamontes of Spain
1970 - Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits
1977 - Hugh Leonard's "Da" premieres in London
1982 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: American Tom Watson wins his 4th Open Championship, 1 stroke clear of Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price
2012 - Syrian suicide bombing kills three high profile government officials, including Syria's Minister of Defence
2015 - "The Sun" newspaper in Britain controversially publishes old picture and video of Queen Elizabeth giving Nazi salute in 1933

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