On This Week in sport & Leisure History ~ 8th-14th July 2019
8th Events at Wimbledon on this day over the years include: in 1905, Laurence Doherty won his 4th...
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Author: Margaret Roberts
On This Week in Sport & Leisure History ~ 1st-7th July 2019 ~ Tennis
1st BBC 2 began transmissions in colour in Britain in 1967 with nearly seven hours’ coverage of...
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On This Week In Sport & Leisure History ~ 24th-30th June 2019
24th American distance athlete Arthur Lee Newton was born in 1883. Competing in the 1900 Olympics,...
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On this Week in Sport & Leisure History ~ 17th- 23rd June 2019
17th Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth today in 1631. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I,...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History 10th-16th June ~ Golf
10th Born on this day in 1987, Anna Nordqvist from Sweden who plays on the LPGA Tour and...
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