ON THIS DAY - JULY 3
The beginning of the Dog Days, which last until mid-August. The hot, unhealthy days, so named by the Romans, were associated with madness in dogs.
1608: French explorer Samuel Champlain founded the city of Quebec.
1728: Robert Adam, architect of the classical style, was born in Kirkcaldy.
1806: Michael Keen, of Isleworth, exhibited the first edible cultivated strawberry, which he called Keen's Seedling.
1863: The Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War ended with the Confederate Army routed and more than 50,000 dead or wounded.
1920: The first RAF air display took place at Hendon.
1928: A policeman's helmet and a bunch of red roses were among the pictures shown on John Logie Baird's first television transmission in colour at Baird Studios, London.
1954: Food rationing ended in Britain. Smithfield market opened at midnight instead of 6am to cope with the demand for beef.
1959: The first radio broadcast of Sing Something Simple with Cliff Adams and the Adams Singers took place, providing non-stop songs for half an hour.
1969: Brian Jones, who had just left the Rolling Stones, was found drowned in his swimming pool. On the same day in 1971, Doors singer Jim Morrison died of a heart attack in Paris.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Prime Minister David Cameron issued a plea for an end to violence in Egypt, as deadly political unrest continued to grip the country.
