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8th September 1888: First ever Football League matches take place

  • 8th September 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, England, Football, Sport

On the 8th September 1888, the very first Football League games were played in England.

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2nd September 1666: Great Fire of London starts in Pudding Lane

  • 2nd September 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, Charles II, City, Destruction, England, Fire, London, Restoration

Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.

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29th July 1567: James VI crowned King of Scotland aged 13 months

  • 29th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, England, Monarchy, Scotland, United Kingdom

On the 29th July 1567, James VI was crowned king of Scotland when he was just 13 months old.

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26th July 1745: First ever women’s cricket match played near Guildford

  • 26th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Australia, Britain, Cricket, Culture, England, Guildford, Sport, Surrey, Women

The first ever women’s cricket match was played on Gosden Common near Guildford in Surrey.

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19th July 1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone reported in Egypt

  • 19th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Archaeology, Egypt, England, France, Language, Napoleon

On the 19th July 1799, an announcement was made of the discovery of a slab of rock covered in carvings by French Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard in the area around Fort Julien near the Egyptian town of Rashid or, as it also known, Rosetta.

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13th July 1985: Live Aid is watched by 1.9 billion people

  • 13th July 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Britain, Charity, Concert, England, Ethiopia, Music, Satellite, USA

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 Philadelphia.

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9th July 1877: First Wimbledon Championship begins in London

  • 9th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, Culture, England, London, Sport, Tennis

The 9th July 1877 saw the world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begin at Wimbledon in London.

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5th July 1948: The National Health Service launched in the UK

  • 5th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, England, Government, Health, Hospital, Labour Party, Scotland, Tax, Welfare, Welfare State

On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was launched.

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4th July 1862: Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland

  • 4th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Books, Culture, England, Literature, Mathematics, Novel, Oxford, Printing

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.

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3rd July 1938: Mallard sets world speed record for steam locomotives

  • 3rd July 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, England, Invention, Railways, Science, Speed, Technology, Transport

The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3rd July 1938 by Number 4468 Mallard.

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