6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR
06/07/2026
The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet ...
5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales
05/07/2026
The Labour government of Clement Atlee won the first post-war election with a pledge to implement the recommendations of the 1942 Beveridge Report and improve the social welfare system in ...
4th July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress
04/07/2026
The Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as “free and independent States”, marking the birth of the United States as a political entity with a set of principles upon which the new nation claimed ...
3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph
03/07/2026
Mallard set the record of 125.88mph on a stretch of slightly downhill railway track at Stoke Band, south of the town of ...
2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson
02/07/2026
The Act outlawed discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin and is consequently viewed as a landmark piece of civil rights ...
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