The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the…
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19 July 1903
Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. The Tour de France is one of the most prestigious and well-known cycling races in the world….
19 July 1977
The world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,…
19 July 1981
In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing…
19 July 1903
Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_Tour_de_France’]
19 July 1903
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…
19 July 1553
Lady Jane Grey is replaced as Queen of England by Mary I of England after only nine days on the throne. Tragic Lady Jane Grey…