Scott Allsop's Blog, page 178
July 4, 2019
5th July 1948: The National Health Service launched in the UK
On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was ...
July 3, 2019
4th July 1862: Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland
Charles Dodgson, better known as the author Lewis Carroll, told a story to the sisters Alice, Lorina and Edith Liddell that was to develop into Alice's Adventures in ...
July 2, 2019
3rd July 1938: Mallard sets world speed record for steam locomotives
The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3rd July 1938 by Number 4468 ...
July 1, 2019
2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau
James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, ...
June 30, 2019
1st July 1903: First Tour de France cycling race takes place
On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six ...
June 29, 2019
30th June 1937: World’s first emergency telephone number began operating in London
The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford ...
June 28, 2019
29th June 2008: Apple release the iPhone
The 29th June 2008 shaped the technological landscape we live in today, when Apple released the very first ...
June 27, 2019
28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out
The Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was arrested following a violent shoot-out with police at Glenrowan in ...
June 26, 2019
27th June 1905: Russian sailors mutiny on the battleship Potemkin
The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinied on the 27th June 1905, an uprising that was immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent ...
June 25, 2019
26th June 1974: World’s first barcode scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
Sharon Buchanan, a cashier at the Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, scanned the world’s first Universal Product Code (better known as a barcode) on a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit ...
