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1. 12th July 1790: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy passed by the National Constituent Assembly of France

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2. 11th July 1962: The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place using the recently-launched Telstar satellite

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3. 10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

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4. 9th July 1877: The world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begins at Wimbledon in London

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5. 8th July 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on the first known voyage to India from Europe

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6. 7th July 1928: Pre-sliced and wrapped bread first sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri

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7. 6th July 1988: Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed by a series of explosions in the deadliest offshore oil disaster in history

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8. 5th July 1865: United States Secret Service established in Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Treasury

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9. 4th July 1862: Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland

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10. 3rd July 1973: David Bowie announces the end of Ziggy Stardust during a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London

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11. 2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

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12. 1st July 1979: Sony Corporation releases the Walkman portable cassette player in Japan

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13. 30th June 1894: Tower Bridge in London officially opened by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII

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14. 29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

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15. 28th June 1935: United States approves the construction of a vault to hold the country’s gold reserves at Fort Knox, Kentucky

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16. 27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

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17. 26th June 1794: French army makes the first recorded military use of an aircraft for reconnaissance during the Battle of Fleurus

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18. 25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

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19. 24th June 1509: Henry VIII crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in London

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20. 23rd June 1757: British East India Company troops defeat the Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey

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