200 years ago (5 Jul 1810)
\nBirth of P.T. Barnum, American showman and circus founder<\/p>\n
50 years ago (6 Jul 1960)
\nDeath of Aneurin (\u2018Nye\u2019) Bevan, British politician responsible for establishing the National Health Service<\/p>\n
200 years ago (9 Jul 1810)
\nNapoleon annexed Holland and made his brother Louis its King<\/p>\n
70 years ago (10 Jul 1940)
\nWorld War II: The Battle of Britain began<\/p>\n
25 years ago (10 Jul 1985)
\nThe Greenpeace campaign ship \u2018Rainbow Warrior\u2019 was sunk by two bomb explosions in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand<\/p>\n
50 years ago (11 Jul 1960)
\nHarper Lee\u2019s novel \u2018To Kill a Mockingbird\u2019 was published<\/p>\n
100 years ago (12 Jul 1910)
\nDeath of Charles Stewart Rolls, British driver, aviator and car manufacturer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce, first person to fly cross the Channel and back non-stop, first British pilot to die in a plane crash<\/p>\n
75 years ago (12 Jul 1935)
\nDeath of Alfred Dreyfus, French soldier whose treason trial in 1894 (\u2018The Dreyfus Affair\u2019) became one of Europe\u2019s most tense political dramas<\/p>\n
25 years ago (13 Jul 1985)
\nLive Aid. Two simultaneous concerts in London and Philadelphia, plus other venues including Sydney and Moscow, raised millions of pounds for victims of famine in Africa<\/p>\n
400 years ago (18 Jul 1610)
\nDeath of Caravaggio, Italian artist<\/p>\n
30 years ago (19 Jul 1980)
\nThe Moscow Olympics began. Dozens of nations boycotted the games due to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan<\/p>\n
500 years ago (22 Jul 1510)
\nBirth of Alessandro de\u2019 Medici, first Duke of Florence<\/p>\n
100 years ago (31 Jul 1910)
\nAmerican physician Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen was arrested aboard the SS Montrose as it docked in Quebec. He had fled England after murdering his wife, and was the first criminal to be caught using wireless telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
200 years ago (5 Jul 1810) Birth of P.T. Barnum, American showman and circus founder 50 years ago (6 Jul 1960) Death of Aneurin (\u2018Nye\u2019) Bevan, British politician responsible for establishing the National Health Service 200 years ago (9 Jul 1810) Napoleon annexed Holland and made his brother Louis its King 70 years ago (10… <\/p>\n