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  1. 18th July 1938: ‘Wrong Way’ Douglas Corrigan lands in Ireland from New York, despite filing a flight plan to Long Beach, California

    Gepubliceerd: 18-7-2025

  2. 17th July 1918: Russian Imperial Romanov family shot dead by Bolsheviks in the basement of the Ipatiev House in the city of Ekaterinburg

    Gepubliceerd: 17-7-2025

  3. 16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

    Gepubliceerd: 16-7-2025

  4. 15th July 1099: First Crusade ends when Crusader forces capture the city of Jerusalem, after a siege lasting several weeks

    Gepubliceerd: 15-7-2025

  5. 14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett

    Gepubliceerd: 14-7-2025

  6. 13th July 1985: The Live Aid ‘global jukebox’ concert broadcast to an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion people

    Gepubliceerd: 13-7-2025

  7. 12th July 1790: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy passed by the National Constituent Assembly of France

    Gepubliceerd: 12-7-2025

  8. 11th July 1962: The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place using the recently-launched Telstar satellite

    Gepubliceerd: 11-7-2025

  9. 10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

    Gepubliceerd: 10-7-2025

  10. 9th July 1877: The world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begins at Wimbledon in London

    Gepubliceerd: 9-7-2025

  11. 8th July 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on the first known voyage to India from Europe

    Gepubliceerd: 8-7-2025

  12. 7th July 1928: Pre-sliced and wrapped bread first sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri

    Gepubliceerd: 7-7-2025

  13. 6th July 1988: Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed by a series of explosions in the deadliest offshore oil disaster in history

    Gepubliceerd: 6-7-2025

  14. 5th July 1865: United States Secret Service established in Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Treasury

    Gepubliceerd: 5-7-2025

  15. 4th July 1862: Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland

    Gepubliceerd: 4-7-2025

  16. 3rd July 1973: David Bowie announces the end of Ziggy Stardust during a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London

    Gepubliceerd: 3-7-2025

  17. 2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

    Gepubliceerd: 2-7-2025

  18. 1st July 1979: Sony Corporation releases the Walkman portable cassette player in Japan

    Gepubliceerd: 1-7-2025

  19. 30th June 1894: Tower Bridge in London officially opened by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII

    Gepubliceerd: 30-6-2025

  20. 29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

    Gepubliceerd: 29-6-2025

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