SPORT LEISURE AND TOURISM DATES

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SPORT

1871 - Bank Holiday Act

1895 - Rugby split - Rugby League (Prof) & Rugby Union (Ama)

1910 - Five Nations - Rugby

1923 - White Horse Final - West Ham v Bolton

1927 - FA Cup Final - Cardiff v Arsenal

1936 - Berlin Olympics - Jesse Owens

1948 - first Stoke Mandeville Games - Paralympics

1949 - Rover magazine - Alf Tupper

1954 - Tiger - Roy of the Rover

1957 - First sponsorship - Whitbread company

1966 - World Cup Final - ENG v GER

1968 - Mexico Olympics - Tommie Smith & John Carlos

1972 - Munich Olympics - Black September

1980 - USSR Olympics - USA boycott

1984 - LA Olympics - USSR boycott

1995 - Rugby Union becomes professions

 

 

LEISURE

1871 - Bank Holiday Act

1907 - First cinema in London - Balham

1920s - Radios first appeared

1922 - BBC first broadcast

1927 -

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