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1 July 1969
The Investiture at Caernarvon Castle of the Prince of Wales by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
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2 July 1863
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, U.S. Army, Commanding Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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3 July 1958
President of Brazil, Dr Jusoelino Kubitschek, toasts the Brazilian football team for bringing home the Rimet Cup as the new World Football Champions.
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4 July 1776
Signature of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
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5 July 1959
Muirfield, Scotland: South Africa's Gary Player, the Open Golf championship winner.
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6 July 1946
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru chatting with Indian Independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in Bombay, India.
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7 July 2005
Debris from the bomb that destroyed the number 30 double-decker bus in Tavistock Square in central London.
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8 July 1984
Martina Navratilova with her trophy after winning her third successive Womens Singles title at Wimbledon.
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9 July 1962
Technicians fixing the Telstar experimental satellite to the third stage of a delta rocket which will place the satellite in orbit.
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10 July 1821
King George IV's coronation procession, Westminster, London.
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11 July 1995
Sasquatch: Bigfoot said to have been photographed by forest patrol officers at Wold Creek in Mount Rainier foothills, Washington State, USA.
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12 July 1952
Bob Mathias, U.S.A., Decathlon winner of the 1948 Olympics, photographed practising the pole vault at Helsinki.
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13 July 1967
Tom Simpson dies three quarters of a mile from the summit of the 6,200 ft Mt. Ventour in the Vaucluse after 106 miles of the 133 mile thirteenth stage ( Marseilles to Carpentras ) in the Tour de France.
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14 July 1950
Frank Sinatra having a meal with Mrs. Val Parnell and his pianist, Art Lane, at the Palladium, London.
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15 July 1099
Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders ( First Crusade). by Emile Signol, Museum of Versailles.
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16 July 1961
Seven killed in Weeton, near Blackpool in a rail smash.
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17 July 1966
Mini skirted Miss Kathleen Riddel, 17, of Sunderland, sports her football patriotism at Roker Park, Sunderland during the World Cup match between Russia and Italy.
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18 July 1967
A group of nuns enjoy a ride on the roller coaster at Mountain Park, Massachusetts, USA
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19 July 1924
Johnny Wesismuller (USA) wins the final of the 400m swimming race at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
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20 July 1990
Pop singer Madonna performs for her 'Blond Ambition tour', Wembley in London.
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21 July 1798
Napoleon defeats Mameluke forces near the Pyramids during the Egyptian campaign. (detail) by Louis - François Lejeune, Versailles museum.
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22 July 1963
Christine Keeler (right) and Mandy Rice Davies after revelations about the affair with John Profumo.
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23 July 1191
King Richard I and Godfrey de Duisson, the Master of St John at Joppa.
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24 July 1946
The worlds fifth atomic bomb, the first to be detonated under water was exploded by remote radio control in the lagoon of Bikini Island a Pacific atoll.
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25 July 1959
Dover, Kent: Britain's Hovercraft, The SR-N 1 flying saucer, lies on the shingle at Dover after making history by flying across the Channel from Calais.
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26 July 1948
H.S. Bignall (r) hands over the Olympic Torch to Fred Prevett at Redhill, Surrey during the flames progress from Dover to Wembley, London for the Opening ceremony.
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27 July 1956
Survivors in lifeboat leave the sinking Italian luxury liner 'Andrea Doria' as the ship lies helpless after colliding with the Swedish ship 'Stockholm'.
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28 July 1945
Plane hits the 85th floor of the Empire State Building.
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29 July 1981
Lady Diana Spencer arrives in her wedding dress for her marriage to the Prince of Wales.
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30 July 1966
Bobby Moore carried by his team mates holds the Jules Rimet trophy after England defeated West Germany to win the World Cup.
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31 July 1932
Adolf Hitler exiting an electoral station in Munich, during the election in Germany.
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