Scott Allsop's Blog, page 176
July 25, 2019
26th July 1745: First ever women’s cricket match played near Guildford
The first ever women’s cricket match was played on Gosden Common near Guildford in ...
July 24, 2019
25th July 1965: Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival
On the 25th July 1965, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performed at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric ...
July 23, 2019
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
Often referred to as the ‘lost city of the Incas’, Machu Picchu was constructed in the middle of the 15th century but was abandoned barely a century later in ...
July 22, 2019
23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia
On the 23rd July 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two ...
July 21, 2019
22nd July 1992: Pablo Escobar escapes from the luxury La Catedral prison
Referred to mockingly as ‘Hotel Escobar’, the prison was staffed by guards chosen by the drugs lord ...
July 20, 2019
21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed
On the 21st July 1970, construction was completed on the Aswan High Dam in ...
July 19, 2019
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
Napoleon granted a patent for the Pyréolophore to Nicéphore Niépce and his brother ...
July 18, 2019
19th July 1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone reported in Egypt
On the 19th July 1799, an announcement was made of the discovery of a slab of rock covered in carvings by French Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard in the area around Fort Julien near the Egyptian town of Rashid or, as it also known, ...
July 17, 2019
18th July 1976: Nadia Comăneci scores the first ever Olympic gymnastic ‘perfect 10’
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic history on the uneven bars at the Summer Games in ...
July 16, 2019
17th July 1918: Romanov family shot dead by the Bosheviks
In the early hours of the 17th July 1918 the Russian Imperial Romanov family were shot dead in the basement of the Ipatiev House in the Russian city of ...
