July


2 July 1964 -- Civil Rights Act of 1964 Enacted
“The Way It Is” -- Bruce Hornsby & the Range

4 July 1950 -- First Broadcast of Radio Free Europe
“Radio Free Europe” -- R.E.M.

6 July 1535 -- Execution of Thomas More
“A Man for All Seasons” -- Al Stewart

6 July 1907 -- 13 July 1954 -- Life and Death of Frida Kahlo
“Viva La Vida” -- Coldplay

10 July – 31 October 1940 -- The Battle of Britain
“The White Cliffs of Dover” -- Vera Lynn

10 July 1962 -- Telstar 1 Launched
“Telstar” -- The Tornados

13 July 1793 -- Charlotte Corday Assassinates Jean-Paul Marat
“Charlotte Corday” -- Al Stewart

14 July 1789 -- Storming of the Bastille
The French Revolution -- Jeff Lewis

14 July 1969 -- Easy Rider Released
“Born to Be Wild” -- Steppenwolf

17 July 1717 -- Water Music Premieres
“Hornpipe” -- George Frideric Handel, Composer

17 July 1936 -- 1 April 1939 -- Spanish Civil War
“Spanish Bombs” -- The Clash

28 July 1914 -- 11 November 1918 -- World War I
“It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” -- John McCormack

31 July -- 10 November 1917 -- Battle of Passchendaele
“On the Road to Passchendaele” -- Alan Brydon and Gavin Stoddart
“Calling Doon the Line” -- Alan Byndon
"Paschendale" -- Iron Maiden