Scott Allsop's Blog, page 132
July 21, 2021
22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland
On the 22nd July 1706, the foundation for the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain was laid when commissioners from England and Scotland agreed the Acts of ...
July 18, 2021
19th July 1870: The Franco-Prussian War begins when Napoleon III declares war
The Franco-Prussian War began with a declaration of war by the French emperor, Napoleon ...
July 17, 2021
18th July 1925: Hitler publishes the first volume of his book Mein Kampf
On the 18th July 1925, the first volume of Adolf Hitler’s rambling racist manifesto Mein Kampf – which translates as My Struggle or My Battle – was first ...
July 13, 2021
14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett
American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New ...
July 12, 2021
13th July 1985: Live Aid is watched by 1.9 billion people
At 12 noon on the 13th July 1985, an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion people tuned in to watch Live Aid, the “global jukebox” broadcast live from Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in ...
July 11, 2021
12th July 927: Earliest foundation of England under Æthelstan
July 12th 927 is the closest we have to a foundation date for England, when all the kings of Britain met at Eamont Bridge, near Penrith in Cumbria, to swear an oath of peace under the overlordship of ...
July 10, 2021
11th July 1962: World’s first satellite TV broadcast using Telstar
The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place on July 11th 1962 when the Telstar satellite relayed an image of a flag outside its base station at Andover Earth Station to the Pleumeur-Bodou earth station in ...
July 9, 2021
10th July 1553: Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England
On the 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen of England after her first cousin once removed, the 15-year-old King Edward VI, died of an unknown respiratory ...
July 8, 2021
9th July 1877: First Wimbledon Championship begins in London
The 9th July 1877 saw the world's first official lawn tennis tournament begin at Wimbledon in ...
July 7, 2021
8th July 1947: Roswell Army Air Base reports ‘flying disc’ debris
Walter Haut, the public information officer of the Roswell Army Air Field, issued a press release saying that the military had recovered the remains of a ‘flying ...
