Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published in UK. 150 years.

World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations. 75 years.

The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England. 150 years.

Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. 130 years.

Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17. 30 years.

The Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain, which will last three and a half months, begins. 75 years.

The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. 30 years.

World War II: the leaders of the three Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany. 70 years.

Henry James becomes a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to England during the first World War. 100 years.

Giorgio Morandi, Italian still life painter and printmaker, is born. 125 years.

The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. 70 years.

The Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, Vincent van Gogh, dies. 125 years.

Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated. 175 years.

Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham - the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies. 750 years.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the Moon, is born. 85 years.

The first atomic bomb is dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 70 years.

American forces drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki - the second such attack on Japan in the past three days. 70 years.

Mary Fedden, British artist, is born. 100 years.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". 75 years.

St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. 1450 years.