21 July 1873     Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pulled off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
21 July 1904     The 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway was completed taking 13 years to build.
21 July 1925     Malcolm Campbell became the first man to exceed 150 mph on land.
21 July 1969     Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin?
21 July 1970     Following 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed.
21 July 1994     Tony Blair became the new leader of the Labour Party.
21 July 2002     With a record 6 races remaining, Michael Schumacher clinched his 5th F1 World Drivers’ Championship.
21 July 2023     ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ were released on the same day.
21 July 2023     Tony Bennett died.

23 July 1903     The Ford Motor Company sold their first car.
23 July 1986     Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
23 July 1992     The Olympic Games opened in Barcelona with all countries present for the first time in modern history.
23 July 1995     Comet Hale-Bopp was discovered and became visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.
23 July 2000     Tiger Woods won his first Open title and became the youngest player at 24 to win all 4 major titles.
23 July 2010     One Direction was formed during the X Factor.
23 July 2011     Amy Winehouse died.

24 July 1952     ‘High Noon’ starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell was released.
24 July 1567     Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate and replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.
24 July 1969     Apollo 11 splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
24 July 1971     Andrew Lloyd Webber married Sarah Hugill.
24 July 1980     Peter Sellers died.
24 July 1987     91 year old Hulda Crooks became the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji.
24 July 2005     Lance Armstrong retired after winning a record seventh consecutive victory in the Tour De France but was stripped of his titles in 2012 for doping.
24 July 2019     Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.

25 July 1797     Horatio Nelson lost more than 300 men as well as his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife.
25 July 1814     George Stephenson introduced his first steam locomotive.
25 July 1945     Clement Attlee beat Winston Churchill and became the new prime minister.
25 July 1965     Bob Dylan used an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, signalling a major change in folk and rock music.
25 July 1976     Viking 1 took the famous Face on Mars photo.
25 July 1978     Louise Joy Brown, the first test tube baby was born.
25 July 2000     Concorde crashed  shortly after taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing 113 people.

26 July 1951     Walt Disney’s 13^th animated film ‘Alice in Wonderland’ had its premiere in London.
26 July 1952     Eva Peron died.
26 July 1971     Apollo 15 was launched, on board the first Lunar Roving Vehicle.
26 July 2016     Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for US President.
26 July 2016     Solar Impulse 2 became the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.