SPORT LEISURE AND TOURISM DATES
- Created by: Bethcody16
- Created on: 14-06-17 11:42
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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