Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
1 August 1976
Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring
31 July 1941
The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to “submit to me as soon as possible a…
30 July 1975
Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m….
27 July 1949
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner took place on 27 July 1949. Its first commercial flight was not until 2…
26 July 2005
Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
24 July 2013
A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.