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Back to Search22nd July 1894: World’s first organised automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen
The Comte Jules-Albert de Dion’s steam tractor crossed the finish line first but the judges concluded that his vehicle required too much support to s…
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21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in ...
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20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully land on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission
The words ‘Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed’ confirmed the safe touchdown at around 8:17pm ...
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19th July 1843: The ship SS Great Britain designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel launched in Bristol
Combining an iron hull with screw-propeller propulsion, SS Great Britain was the largest ship afloat at the time of its launch and introduced technol…
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18th July 1976: Nadia Comăneci scores the first ever Olympic gymnastic ‘perfect 10’
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic history on the uneven bars at the Summer Games in ...
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17th July 1453: The Battle of Castillon, widely accepted as last conflict of the Hundred Years’ War
The Battle of Castillon, considered to be the last battle of the Hundred Years’ War, was fought between France and ...
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16th July 1661: Europe’s first banknotes issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco
The new banknotes were welcomed because they were lighter, easier to carry, and more convenient for trade. The bank also found that paper currency en…
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15th July 1834: Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition, formally known as the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition
By the time it was abolished, up to 150,000 people had been tried by the Spanish Inquisition, of whom somewhere between two and five thousand were ...
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14th July 1789: Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution
The Bastille had long been a symbol of tyranny as a place for the imprisonment of people without trial, but when it was stormed it only contained sev…
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13th July 1930: Inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay during the centenary of the country’s first constitution
FIFA president Jules Rimet organised football’s own independent international championship, with Uruguay as the host nation due to Uruguay’s victorie…
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