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  1. 4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War

    Gepubliceerd: 4-8-2024
  2. 3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars

    Gepubliceerd: 3-8-2024
  3. 2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

    Gepubliceerd: 2-8-2024
  4. 1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched

    Gepubliceerd: 1-8-2024
  5. 31st July 1917: Battle of Passchendaele begins during the First World War, resulting in one of the muddiest battles of the conflict

    Gepubliceerd: 31-7-2024
  6. 30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

    Gepubliceerd: 30-7-2024
  7. 29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada

    Gepubliceerd: 29-7-2024
  8. 28th July 1932: Bonus Marchers forcibly evicted from Washington D.C. by the Army

    Gepubliceerd: 28-7-2024
  9. 27th July 1794: Thermidorian Reaction begins in France with the arrest of Maximilien Robspierre

    Gepubliceerd: 27-7-2024
  10. 26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981

    Gepubliceerd: 26-7-2024
  11. 25th July 1934: Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, assassinated by members of the Austrian Nazi Party

    Gepubliceerd: 25-7-2024
  12. 24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III

    Gepubliceerd: 24-7-2024
  13. 23rd July 1952: Egyptian Revolution begins, leading to the overthrow of King Farouk I and the end of British influence in Egypt

    Gepubliceerd: 23-7-2024
  14. 22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland

    Gepubliceerd: 22-7-2024
  15. 21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt

    Gepubliceerd: 21-7-2024
  16. 20th July 1801: The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, is produced for President Thomas Jefferson, and weighs 1,235lbs

    Gepubliceerd: 20-7-2024
  17. 19th July 1870: The Franco-Prussian War begins when Napoleon III declares war

    Gepubliceerd: 19-7-2024
  18. 18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio

    Gepubliceerd: 18-7-2024
  19. 17th July 1917: King George V changes the name of the British royal family to the House of Windsor

    Gepubliceerd: 17-7-2024
  20. 16th July 1935: World’s first parking meter installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Gepubliceerd: 16-7-2024

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