The 9th July 1877 saw the world's first official lawn tennis tournament begin at Wimbledon in ...

If you ever claimed that something was the greatest thing since sliced bread, you’re referring to a very particular date – the 7th July ...

The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet ...

On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was ...

The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3rd July 1938 by Number 4468 ...

On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six ...

The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinied on the 27th June 1905, an uprising that was immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent ...

On the 25th June 1876, the Battle of Little Bighorn began when American Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led federal troops against the combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Plains ...

The Battle of Bannockburn began on the 23rd June 1314, leading to one of the most important Scottish victories of the First War of Scottish Independence that was fought intermittently from 1296 until ...

MV Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in London carrying 492 West Indian ...