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22nd April 1884: Thomas Stevens begins the first round-the-world cycle ride

22nd April 2023
Tagged as: Bicycle, China, Cycling, Exploration, Japan, San Francisco, USA

Thomas Stevens departed San Francisco on a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, to become the first person to cycle around the world.

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1st July 1903: The first Tour de France cycling race begins, taking place over nineteen days and six stages

1st July 2022
Tagged as: Bicycle, Culture, Cycling, Paris, Sport, Tour de France

60 competitors began the race at Montgeron, south of Paris, of whom 39 were private entrants.

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22nd April 1884: Thomas Stevens begins the first round-the-world cycle ride

1st July 1903: The first Tour de France cycling race begins, taking place over nineteen days and six stages

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test

22nd September 1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British for spying for the Continental Army during the American Revolution

21st September 1931: Britain abandons the gold standard after Parliament passes the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act

20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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