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 ...
1st July 1569: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created with the signing of the Union of Lublin
01/07/2026 | 2 min
Agreed at the city of Lublin after months of negotiation, the union joined the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single political entity with a single elected monarch and a joint parliament responsible for matters affecting the Commonwealth as a ...
30th June 1934: Hitler purges the Nazi party in the Night of the Long Knives
30/06/2026
Although the popular name suggests the purge lasted for one night, the executions went on throughout the ...
29th June 2008: Apple release the iPhone
29/06/2026
The 29th June 2008 shaped the technological landscape we live in today, when Apple released the very first ...
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