The 9th July 1877 saw the world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begin at Wimbledon in London.
25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas
25th May 2019
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 Wonderland.
On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six stages.
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 gum.
On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first published.
On the 1st June 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, their 8th studio album.
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The first instalment of the Star Wars film series was released in cinemas in the United States of America.
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
16th July 2019
15th July 1834: The Spanish Inquisition disbanded
15th July 2019
13th July 1985: Live Aid is watched by 1.9 billion people
13th July 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017