General Information for July 1st 2024 |
There are 17 public holidays today. |
Day 183 of 2024 |
183 days left in 2024 |
Week 27 of the year |
On this Day in History |
2006 - The Qinghai-Tibet railway opens in China. |
1967 - On this date, a limited service of certain colour TV programmes begins in the UK. |
1964 - President Johnson appoints General Maxwell D Taylor as ambassador to South Vietnam, during the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. |
1950 - Nobody is badly hurt in a highly original accident in the London Underground Edgware Road station, when the first part of a District line train is directed to platform 2 and the last part is directed to platform 1. |