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Jul1
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1903 |
The first stage of the first Tour
de France |
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Jul2
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1865 |
The Salvation Army was started by
William Booth with a revival meeting in East London |
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Jul3

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1954 |
Food rationing ended in the UK |
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1938 |
LNER's
steam locomotive The Mallard achieved a record speed of 126mph |
1899 |
Captain Joshua Slocum completed the
first solo circumnavigation of the world |
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Jul4
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1862 |
Lewis Carroll first recounted Alice's
Adventures in
Wonderland whilst
on a picnic with Lorina, Alice,
and Edith Liddell |
| 1776 |
US
Independence Day |
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Jul5
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1952 |
London's
last tram made its final journey |
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Jul6
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1957 |
Paul McCartney met John Lennon at a
church picnic |
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Jul7
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2002 |
Argentinean David Nalbandian became the first
player in the Open era to reach the final of Wimbledon men's singles
at the first attempt |
| 1985 |
Boris Becker became the first
German, the first unseeded and, at 17, the youngest ever player to win
the men's singles at Wimbledon |