The explorer, Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, which is known as “the Lost City of the Incas”.

Between 400 and 3,000 are killed in anti-Tamil riots, beginning the Sri Lankan Civil War.

The four day long Libyan–Egyptian War ends.

The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station starts operations.

The cyslist, Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.