Maurice Garin wins the first ever Tour de France. Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France, on July 19th, 1903, by a margin of…
18 July 1870
The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility. Session 4 : 18 July 1870 First dogmatic constitution on the Church of Christ Pius,…
17 July 1902
Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner. On July 17, 1902, a young research engineer initialed a set of mechanical drawings designed to solve a…
16 July 1965
The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking Italy and France opens. The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Europe, under the Mont Blanc mountain in…
15 July 1823
A fire destroyed the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy. At the beginning of the 4th century, with the end…
14 July 1881
Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner. Billy The Kid was born in the slums of New York City…
13 July 1814
The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is set up. Inspired by the French Gendarmerie, the corps was created by King Victor Emmanuel I of…
12 July 1967
Riots break out in Newark, New Jersey. The 1967 Newark riots was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during…
11 July 1576
Martin Frobisher discovers Greenland. Greenwich Palace, from a window of which Elizabeth waved to the departing ships In 1574, Frobisher petitioned the Privy Council for…
10 July 1553
Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. On the afternoon of Monday 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey, her husband, Guildford Dudley, her parents…