On This Week – 9th January 2017
9th – Today in 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon ascent in North America. He...
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Posted by Margaret Roberts | Jan 9, 2017 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0
9th – Today in 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon ascent in North America. He...
Read MorePosted by Luke J Harris | Jan 9, 2017 | Athletics, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Olympics | 0
At the turn of the twentieth century, Britain was awash with newspapers, both national and local,...
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2nd – the first Test match hat-trick by Australia’s Fred Spofforth occurred in 1879 –...
Read MorePosted by Robert J. Lake | Jan 2, 2017 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Tennis | 0
Just as tennis enters its off-season following the end-of-year ATP Tour World Championships won...
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