12 July 1910 - The Honourable Charles Rolls killed.

The first Briton to be killed in an aeroplane accident. The son of the 1st Baron Llangattock he bought his first motor car, one of the earliest in GB, aged 18 in 1896. He also had a keen interest in cycling, yachting and ballooning. In 1906 he and Henry Royce formed Rolls-Royce, but by 1909 he had taken a back seat after discovering the new attraction of powered flight.

After many flights, including the first England-France crossing of the English Channel, he was killed when his Wright Flyer broke up in the air over Hengistbury Airfield, Dorset. he was 32 years old. 

The sons and daughters of Viscounts and Barons are The Honourable, as are the younger sons of an Earl. The Eldest son of an Earl is Lord while the daughters of an Earl are Lady. The children of a Marquess and a Duke are Lord or Lady, easy really. 

The sons and daughters of Viscounts and Barons are The Honourable, as are the younger sons of an Earl. The Eldest son of an Earl is Lord while the daughters of an Earl are Lady. The children of a Marquess and a Duke are Lord or Lady, easy really. 

Easy, really???

As easy as the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with a pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

13-14 July 1977 - The New York City blackout.

Lightning strikes on sub-stations and power lines on the evening of 13 July 1977 led to an electricity outage affecting almost the entire city. Power was restored gradually over the following day. The blackout led to an upsurge in crime with robbery and rioting widespread.

Better than dumping it in the river. 

14 July 1867 - First demonstration of dynamite.

The Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel studied the uses and manufacture of explosives in France, Russia and the USA before returning to his homeland. The death of five people including his brother in an explosion in 1864 led him to work on a safer way to manufacture explosives and to produce a type that was more stable. In 1867 he patented Nobel's Safety Powder, later renamed dynamite, in GB where in July at Merstham Quarry in Surrey he demonstrated his invention. This led to his setting up a factory in Scotland, the British Dynamite Company. 

Yes, Major, that was Danny Kaye.  But now the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon.

Danny Kay Was part of my early youth. On a Saturday on the radio was a program called children’s favourites, which featured lots of Danny Kay’s work. A talented man all but forgot now

The wealthy would have basements where the family would go squat and shit on the floor and as the days went by they would get from the corner closer to the door. When the basement, or cellar As we call them, was full they would call In Dung Firmers, Who would clean it all out during the night when the occupants couldn’t see them and the following morning they could resume from the corner working out once more.

I mean, what a top job at the time, short hours, two craps a day totalling two minutes, unless he had the shits and could spray a wall, gets a bit tricky then.

15 July 1783 - The first steamboat.

After a number of failed prototypes in GB and the USA the first successful steamboat was built in France by Claude, Marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans. Named Pyroscaphe the 163 tons 42ft long vessel was launched on the river Saône at Lyon in July 1783. 

The original is lost, but a model is on display in the National Maritime Museum in Paris.