HISTORY
On this day July 21-27, 2024 (week 30)
July 21, 2024 - July 27, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features U.S. singer Tony Bennett, the first person to fly solo around the world, the origins of the ice cream cone, the movie phenomenon “Barbenheimer”, the first crossing of the English Channel by a hovercraft, Irish singer, songwriter and political activist Sinéad O'Connor, and the defeat of Macbeth King of Scotland.
July 21, 2023: Legendary U.S. crooner Tony Bennett, whose best known songs included (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco, died at age 96 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease
July 22, 1933: U.S. aviation pioneer Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world, taking seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes to complete the trip
July 23, 1904: The popularity of the ice cream cone, a brittle pastry rolled into a cone, was ensured on a hot day at the World’s Fair in St Louis when a stallholder ran out of dishes
July 24, 2023: The simultaneous release of contrasting films Barbie and Oppenheimer, or “Barbenheimer”, sparked a phenomenon described as the movie event of the year
July 25, 1959: The hovercraft made its first crossing of the English Channel. The SR-N1 crossed from Calais to Dover in two hours, with inventor Christopher Cockerell on board
July 26, 2023: Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer, songwriter and political activist, died aged 56. Her biggest hit, Nothing Compares 2 U, topped the charts around the globe
July 27, 1054: Macbeth, king of Scotland immortalised in Shakespeare’s play, was defeated at Dunsinane