|
Jul24
|
1947 |
The ejector
seat was first tried from an aircraft in flight |
 |
1851 |
Window tax was abolished
in the UK |
| 1701 |
Antoine
de la Mothe Cadillac founded the city of Detroit |
|
Jul25
|
1984 |
Soviet astronaut
Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space |
|
Jul26
|
1908 |
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was founded |
|
Jul27
|
1981 |
Ken Barlow married
Deirdre Langton |
|
Jul28
|
2001 |
Tragedy! After 26 years Ray
Kent, Framlingham's only remaining butcher, closed |
Jul29
|
1948 |
In the UK two
years of bread rationing came to an end |
Jul30
|
1980 |
The Anglo-French
Pacific condominium of the New Hebrides became the independent
republic Vanuatu |
1935 |
The first Penguin
paperback went on sale |
| 1930 |
The host nation
Uruguay won the first football World Cup |
|
Jul31
|
1954 |
An
Italian expedition climbed Mount Godwin Austen (now known as K2) in
the Himalayas |
