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On this day July 14-20, 2024 (week 29)
July 14, 2024 - July 20, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features Hollywood’s biggest strike in 60 years, the Boeing 707’s maiden flight, tennis player Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, the Black Sea grain deal, the first person in Olympic history to score a “perfect 10”, French impressionist painter Edgar Degas, and the first man to step on the surface of the moon.
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July 14, 2023: Actors joined screenwriters in Hollywood’s biggest strike in 60 years. The four-month strike led to a $6.5 billion loss to the economy of Southern California
July 15, 1954: The Boeing 707, the first successful commercial passenger jet, made its maiden flight. Faster and larger than propeller aircraft, jets soon dominated air travel
July 16, 2023: Carlos Alcaraz, Spain’s newest tennis star, won Wimbledon in a pulsating five-set final against seven-time champion Novak Djokovic
July 17, 2023: Russia halted the Black Sea grain deal, the UN-brokered initiative that enabled the export of 32m tonnes of Ukrainian grain to alleviate a global food crisis
July 18, 1976: Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, aged 14, became the first person in Olympic history to score a “perfect 10”, at the Montreal Games
July 19, 1834: Edgar Degas, the French impressionist painter and sculptor noted for his portrayals of theatre life, particularly ballet dancers, was born
July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on to the surface of the moon, saying “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”