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

22nd April 2020
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: First Tour de France cycling race takes place

1st July 2019
Tagged as: Culture, Cycling, France, Newspaper, Paris, Race, Sport

On the 1^st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six stages.

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

1st July 1903: First Tour de France cycling race takes place

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6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

10th January 1776: Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense advocating American independence

25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days

24th January 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys

23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

22nd January 1973: The Supreme Court issues its decision on the Roe v. Wade abortion case

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

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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