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July 17, 2022 - July 23, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features Disneyland in California, the Spanish Civil War, Women’s rights campaigner Amelia Bloomer, the start of professional football, the trans-Siberian Railway, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the invention of the ice cream cone
July 17, 1955: Disneyland, the world’s first theme park, opened in California. It has since welcomed over 726m visitors, the highest cumulative total of any theme park anywhere
July 18, 1936: The Spanish Civil War, in which 500,000 people died, began with an army revolt led by General Franco
July 19, 1853: Women’s rights campaigner Amelia Bloomer shocked a New York audience by wearing loose-fitting pantaloons, later dubbed “bloomers”
July 20, 1885: Professional football was made legal in Britain. Formerly payment was banned but it was not unusual for players to find half a crown (12.5p) in their boots after a game
July 21, 1904: The Trans-Siberian Railway was completed with the building of the line around Lake Baikal, enabling travel from Moscow to Vladivostok to be made on a single train
July 22, 2007: The still unfinished Burj Dubai (now Burj Khalifa) became the world’s tallest building, overtaking Taipei 101 in Taiwan
July 23, 1904: The popularity of the ice cream cone was ensured on a hot day at the World’s Fair in St Louis when a stallholder ran out of dishes