Anniversaries

4th July 1938 (80 Years)

Suzanne Lenglen, well known French tennis player who won 31 championships between 1914 and 1926, died.

4th July 1954 (64 Years)

The end of all food rationing in Britain following the end of World War II.

5th July 1865 (153 Years)

The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England.

5th July 1889 (129 Years)

Jean Cocteau, the important French author, playwrighter, artist and director was born.

5th July 1940 (78 Years)

World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.

5th July 1946 (72 Years)

The first modern bikini two-piece swimsuit was unveiled at a fashion show in Paris.

5th July 1969 (49 Years)

Walter Gropius, German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, dies aged 86.

5th July 1996 (22 Years)

Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

5th July 2011 (7 Years)

Cy Twombly, American painter of large-scale, freely scribbled, calligraphic and graffiti-like works, dies.

6th July 1766 (252 Years)

Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator, is born.

6th July 1885 (133 Years)

Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

6th July 1893 (125 Years)

Guy de Maupassant, French author and poet, died.

6th July 1907 (111 Years)

Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, was born.

6th July 1907 (111 Years)

Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, was born.

6th July 1916 (102 Years)

Odilon Redon, French printmaker, draughtsman and painter, dies.

6th July 1942 (76 Years)

After Margot Frank received a letter ordering her to report to a work camp in Germany, Anne Frank's family went into hiding in an attic in Amsterdam.

7th July 1816 (202 Years)

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, dies.

7th July 1917 (101 Years)

British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps was officially established.

7th July 1917 (101 Years)

British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps was officially established.

7th July 1937 (81 Years)

The Second Sino-Japanese War, a conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, started.

7th July 1937 (81 Years)

The Second Sino-Japanese War, a conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, started.

7th July 1958 (60 Years)

The Alaska Statehood Act was signed by President Eisenhower allowing Alaska to become the 49th U.S. state on the 3 January 1959.

7th July 1985 (33 Years)

The German tennis player Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at the age of 17.

8th July 1593 (425 Years)

Artemisia Lomi Gentileschi, Italian female painter, was born.

8th July 1838 (180 Years)

Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, German general and later aircraft manufacturer, who founded the Zeppelin airship company, was born.

8th July 1838 (180 Years)

Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor, was born.

8th July 1884 (134 Years)

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) was founded in London.

8th July 1916 (102 Years)

The Coke bottle as we know it was registered at The United States Patent and Trademark Office.

8th July 1967 (51 Years)

Vivien Leigh, English stage and film actress who won the Academy Awards for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, died.

8th July 1967 (51 Years)

Vivien Leigh, English stage and film actress who won the Academy Awards for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, died.

Field	Search term	Example
Asset title	title:	title:pony
Asset title and keywords	~	~pony
Asset description text	description:	description:london
Agency prefix	prfx: or $	prfx:lal or $LAL
Asset id	imageid:	imageid:250297 or imageid:[2500 TO 4000]
Agency name	coll:	coll:history
Medium	medium:	medium:oil
Century	century:	century:20th
Keywords	kw:	kw:dog
Artist name	artist: or ?	artist:monet or ?monet
Artist nationality	??	??French
Creator ID	creatorid:	creatorid:37
Location	loc: or @	loc:exeter or @exeter
Classification	class: or #	class:57 or #57. Use # for unclassified assets
Year	year:	year:1850 or year:[1700 TO 1800]

Anniversaries

Type a keyword

Art. Culture. History.

Simple. Fast. Reliable.

Discover millions of images and videos for your creative projects.

Navigation

Contact

Legal