July 1 in history: • 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos were burnt at the stake in Brussels (pictured), becoming the first Lutherans executed by the Council of Brabant. → go there • 1841 – Thomas Lempriere and James Clark Ross carved a sandstone marker on Tasmania's Isle of the Dead, one of the oldest benchmarks for measuring sea level rise. → go there • 1916 – First World War: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the bloodiest day in the British Army's history, with 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 deaths. → go there • 1959 – B. Anthony Stewart is credited with the first image on the cover of National Geographic featuring the 49-star flag of the United States after Alaska's admission to the Union as a U.S. state. → go there • 1983 – A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board. → go there Died 1925: Erik Satie Wiki link Born 1961: Diana, Princess of Wales Wiki link Died 1971: Learie Constantine Wiki link Born 2000: Lalu Muhammad Zohri Wiki link Pictured: The burning of van Essen and Vos.