What happened July 1899 AD

In July 1899 Wilbur put wing warping to the test by building and flying a biplane kite with a five-foot (1.5m) wingspan.

It has been hypothesized that he may have intercepted Guglielmo Marconi's European experiments in July 1899—Marconi may have transmitted the letter S (dot/dot/dot) in a naval demonstration, the same three impulses that Tesla hinted at hearing in Colorado—or signals from another experimenter in wireless transmission.

In July, having resigned his lieutenancy, Churchill returned to Britain. His Morning Post despatches had been published as London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and had sold well.