4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

The royal charter marked one of the earliest recorded examples of legal protection for a specific regional food product in Europe by ensuring that only cheese matured in the caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon could bear the name "Roquefort," preventing producers in other regions from marketing similar cheeses under the same ...

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

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

Telstar's first broadcast involved  relaying an image of a flag outside its base station at Andover Earth Station to the Pleumeur-Bodou earth station in ...

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10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

The Vichy government was established in France after the National Assembly approved a new French Constitutional Law that granted full powers to Marshal ...

10 Jul 0s

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

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

The first Wimbledon Championship was staged in order to raise money to repair the roller that was used to maintain the lawns at the club, and only featured a Gentlemen’s Singles ...

9 Jul 0s

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

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

In May 1498, the expedition reached the Indian city of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode) on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama met with the the local ruler, and attempted to establish a trading ...

8 Jul 0s

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

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

The Chillicothe Baking Company's ‘Kleen Maid Sliced Bread’ proved incredibly popular and was advertised as ‘the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was ...

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

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

The public inquiry into the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster identified numerous failings in maintenance procedures, communication, design, and emergency ...

6 Jul 0s

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

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

Although the Secret Service is now most commonly associated with the protection of national leaders, this didn’t begin until after the assassination of President William McKinley in September ...

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

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

Charles Dodgson, better known as the author Lewis Carroll, told a story to the sisters Alice, Lorina and Edith Liddell that was to develop into Alice's Adventures in ...

4 Jul 0s

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