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
On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six stages.
Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football possibly in the history of the game’.
The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.
On 28th April 1923, the original Wembley Stadium in London opened with the FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United.
On the 20th April 1965, workers began painting skylight windows at the Houston Astrodome to limit glare from the sun.
Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
The racehorse Red Rum won an historic third Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan, the Director of Physical Education at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
On the 6th February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed at Munich-Riem Airport while carrying the Manchester United football team, supporters and journalists.
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