July 6th 1907. English Billiards.
Tom Reece finished his 'Cradle Cannon' break of 499,135 which began on June 3rd. To read the full story behind this incredible break, and the events that led up to it, click here.

July 10th 1978.
Death of Joe Davis. He and his younger brother Fred are the only players to have won the professional World titles of both English Billiards and Snooker.

July 11th 1885.
Birth of Claude Falkiner. Twice runner-up in the Professional Billiards Championship - 1920 & 1922.

July 15th 1878.
Birth of Melbourne Inman.
Four times Professional Champion of English Billiards, 1912 - 1919; and winner of the first ever match to be played in the World Snooker Championships. He beat Tom Newman 8 - 5 in a match which began on 29th November 1926, and finished on 6th December.

 July 24th 2010.
Death of the 'People's Champion' Alexander Gordon Higgins, more commonly known as 'Hurricane Higgins' - winner of the 1972 & 1982 World Snooker Championships.

July 30th 1960.
Death of Walter Lindrum. Considered by many to be the most dominating champion of any sport.

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August 12th 1873. English Billiards.
Birth of Tom Reece. Holder of the unofficial world record break of 499,135.

August 15th 1913.
Birth of Fred Davis, younger brother of Joe. They are the only players to have won both the World Professional Snooker Championship and the World Professional Billiards Championship.

August 15th 1847.
Birth of John Roberts Junior. Eight times Professional Champion of English Billiards:- 1870 (April), 1870 (June), 1871 (January), 1875 (May), 1875 (December), 1877 (May), 1885 (April), & 1885 (June).

August 19th 2006. Snooker.
Dominic Dale scored just 29 points as he was crushed 6 - 0 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the fastest ever best of 11 match. In just 53 minutes Ronnie made 8 breaks over 60 to win the semi-final of the Northern Ireland Trophy at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The frame scores (and breaks) were:-
                    0 - 129 (65, 64); 12 - 84 (84); 7 - 82 (75);
                    0 - 130 (67, 63); 9 - 107 (106); 1 - 76 (63);

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September 14th 1901.
W.J. Peall, one of the great billiards professionals of the 1880's and 90's, was fined £2 plus costs for breaking the 12mph speed limit.

September 21st 2007.
The BBC reported that the Tate Modern Art Gallery paid £152,000 for an oval billiards table with no pockets entitled 'Carambole with Pendulum' by Gabriel Orozco.

September 24th 1859.
Birth of J. P. Mannock. Billiards tutor and author of "Billiards Expounded". A two volume set first published in 1904 by Richards, and again in 1908 by Shaw.

September 26th 1934. Snooker.
The first witnessed 147 break was made in Australia by E.J. (Murt) O'Donoghue while playing at the Sports and Billiards Club which he owned in Griffiths, New South Wales. He is now acknowledged as being the first player ever to achieve the maximum even though the break has never been officially recognised.