Tag: 1975

On This Day 41 Years Ago – Arthur Ashe is first black tennis player to win Wimbledon!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 5th July 1975 American tennis player Arthur Ashe became the first black tennis player to win the Wimbledon singles' championship. He has already won two other Grand Slam titles at the US Open (1968) and the Australian Open (1970)! In the early 1979 Arthur Ashe contracted HIV from a blood transfusion he received during his heart bypass surgery. In 1992 he announced that he had been suffering from AIDS since 1988. He began working to educate others about HIV/AIDS founding the Arthur Read more [...]

On This Day 41 Years Ago – First live broadcast of Parliament – whatever next!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 9th June 1975 the BBC & IRN radio stations broadcast the first live transmission from the House of Commons. Commentary was provided by David Holmes the BBC political editor and Edmund Boyle from Independent Radio News who shared a cramped, sound-proofed box inside the chamber. Secretary of State for Industry Tony Benn was the first minister to be questioned in Parliament live on air, starting a debate which some listeners said was difficult to follow on radio. But the BBC and IRN said Read more [...]