On the 4th July 1950, Radio Free Europe – founded the previous year to transmit uncensored information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain – completed its first broadcast.
Mallard set the record of 125.88mph on a stretch of slightly downhill railway track at Stoke Band, south of the town of Grantham.
On the 2nd July 1964, American President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law at the White House.
60 competitors began the race at Montgeron, south of Paris, of whom 39 were private entrants.
Although the popular name suggests the purge lasted for one night, the executions went on throughout the weekend.
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip in 1914 had a direct effect on the outbreak of war, while the Treaty of Versailles was signed on exactly the same date five years later in 1919.
US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.
While the speech effectively recognised East Berlin as part of the Soviet Bloc, it also reaffirmed America’s commitment to defend West Berlin against Communist expansion.
Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, otherwise known as a Ph.D.
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