Scott Allsop's Blog, page 180
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 ...
July 15, 2019
16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to ...
July 14, 2019
15th July 1834: The Spanish Inquisition disbanded
On the 15th July 1834 the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition, was ...
July 13, 2019
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, 2019
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, 2019
12th July 1561: The consecration of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
Moscow’s Trinity Church, later renamed Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat and better known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, was ...
July 10, 2019
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, 2019
10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France
The Vichy government was established in France after the National Assembly approved a new French Constitutional Law that granted full powers to Marshal ...
July 8, 2019
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 ...
