What happened on THIS day in Coventry's history?

On 3rd July 1951, Warwickshire completed a three-wicket County Championship victory over Gloucestershire at Courtaulds Ground. Warwickshire led by 150 runs on first innings, thanks to an unbeaten 157 from Bert Wolton. At the start of play on the final day, the visitors in their second innings were 263-5. They were bowled out for 328, with Tom Pritchard taking five wickets for the second time in the match. Chasing 179 for victory, Warwickshire started badly - they were 5-3 with Dick Spooner, Don Taylor and Jimmy Ord all dismissed, and 80-5 before a partnership of 74 between Tom Dollery and Ray Hitchcock put them in sight of victory. Warwickshire went on to clinch their second County Championship title, winning 16 of their 28 matches and losing only two.

50 years ago today, on 3rd July 1967, Coventry Bees travelled to Edinburgh to take on the Monarchs in a British League fixture. And it proved to be a difficult night for Bees, as they went down 49-29, with their riders unable to come to terms with the Meadowbank track - Rick France (twice), Ron Mountford and Les Owen all coming to grief during the meeting. Bees riders won only three of the thirteen heats, with Col Cottrell top scoring with nine points. EDINBURGH Bernt Persson r/r, Reidar Eide 11+1, George Hunter 14+1, Bill Landels 7+1, Doug Templeton (c) 12+1, Bert Harkins 2, Oyvind Berg 3+1 COVENTRY Nigel Boocock 8, Roger Hill 0, Rick France 5+1, Col Cottrell 9, Ron Mountford (c) 2+1, Les Owen 4, Clive Hitch 1 Bees went on to finish runners-up in the league, just two points behind Swindon Robins, and Nigel Boocock finished third in the national averages, behind Barry Briggs and Charlie Monk

Telegraph photos taken on 4th July

From Coventry Telegraph, 1st July 1915

Telegraph photos taken on 5th July

Two England wicketkeepers were in direct opposition on 5th July 1952 when Warwickshire and Kent commenced a County Championship match at Courtaulds Ground - producing an odd statistic Dick Spooner compiled 117 on this day 65 years ago as Warwickshire amassed 304 in their first innings, with Godfrey Evans behind the stumps It was a match that Kent would go on to win by five wickets The odd statistic? 35 wickets fell in the match, but of these, only two were to catches by the Test Match wicketkeepers - one each to Spooner and Evans

100 years ago today - on 6th July 1917 - HMS Coventry, a Royal Navy C-class light cruiser, was launched She saw plenty of "action" before being scuttled in 1942

6th Jul 1858 Margaret Hennessey was found hanged in the Workhouse - previously Whitefriars Monastery. Her husband had previously left her and taken one of their 6 children to Ireland, causing her to drink heavily to the point where a doctor described her as 'decidedly insane'!

Telegraph photos taken on 6th July

Telegraph photos taken on 7th July

7th Jul 1982 Coventry born athlete David Moorcroft smashes the 5,000 metre World Record with a time of 13:00.41 - nearly 6 seconds faster than the previous record.

On 7th July 1976, England opening batsman Dennis Amiss scored a century for Warwickshire on day 1 of their County Championship match against Derbyshire at Courtaulds Ground. He was out for 101, but the visitors went on to salvage a draw from the three-day game after being forced to follow-on.

Rob, I have taken the liberty of putting myself on here. 7th July - 90 today, and not a single bone in my body ever broken, has to be some sort of record. Mods note: Greetings messages appear in the "Our Kaga" thread

Telegraph photos taken on 8th July

8th Jul 1852 Public Baths opened on the south-east side of Hales Street (where the Old Fire Station now stands), on which day no less than 2,000 persons availed themselves of the accommodation, between the hours of 5 o'clock in the morning and 10 o'clock at night.