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Monday, July 24, 2017
THIS DAY IN HISTORY ― JULY 24
July 24 is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
1534 ― Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France.
1567 ― Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots.
1683 ― The first settlers from Germany leave aboard Concord, bound for the United States. ― germanheritage.com
1758 ― George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess.
1824 ― Harrisburg, Pennsylvania newspaper publishes the results of the first public opinion poll, showing a clear lead for Andrew Jackson for president.
1866 ― Tennessee becomes the first former Confederate state to be readmitted to Union.
1878 ― Black Bart robs a Wells Fargo stagecoach in California. Wearing a flour sack over his head, the armed robber stole the small safe box with less than $400 and a passenger’s diamond ring and watch. When the empty box was recovered, a taunting poem signed “Black Bart” was found inside.
1905 ― Tsar Nicholas II (Russia) and Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany) sign the Treaty of Björkö, whereby each country agrees to come to the other's defense if attacked by European powers.
1911 - Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas.
1534 ― Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France.
1567 ― Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots.
1683 ― The first settlers from Germany leave aboard Concord, bound for the United States. ― germanheritage.com
1758 ― George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess.
1824 ― Harrisburg, Pennsylvania newspaper publishes the results of the first public opinion poll, showing a clear lead for Andrew Jackson for president.
1866 ― Tennessee becomes the first former Confederate state to be readmitted to Union.
1878 ― Black Bart robs a Wells Fargo stagecoach in California. Wearing a flour sack over his head, the armed robber stole the small safe box with less than $400 and a passenger’s diamond ring and watch. When the empty box was recovered, a taunting poem signed “Black Bart” was found inside.
1905 ― Tsar Nicholas II (Russia) and Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany) sign the Treaty of Björkö, whereby each country agrees to come to the other's defense if attacked by European powers.
1911 - Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas.
1914 At six o’clock in the evening on July 23, 1914, nearly one month after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a young Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Baron Giesl von Gieslingen, ambassador of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Serbia, delivers an ultimatum to the Serbian foreign ministry.
1927 ― The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
1931 ― A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people. ― GenDisasters.com
1943 ― The British RAF bombs Hamburg (20,000 dead) during WWII.
1952 ― U.S. President Harry Truman settles the 53-day steel strike.
1959 ― U.S. Vice President Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as the "Kitchen Debate".
1961 ― Beginning of a trend, Eastern Air Lines Flight 202, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, is hijacked to Cuba.
1969 ― Apollo 11 returns safely to Earth.
1974 ― The Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes. ― Watergate.info
1985 ― Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai.
1990 ― U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf are placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait.
1927 ― The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
1931 ― A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people. ― GenDisasters.com
1943 ― The British RAF bombs Hamburg (20,000 dead) during WWII.
1952 ― U.S. President Harry Truman settles the 53-day steel strike.
1959 ― U.S. Vice President Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as the "Kitchen Debate".
1961 ― Beginning of a trend, Eastern Air Lines Flight 202, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, is hijacked to Cuba.
1969 ― Apollo 11 returns safely to Earth.
1974 ― The Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes. ― Watergate.info
1985 ― Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai.
1990 ― U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf are placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait.
2002 ― On the 200th anniversary of his birth French author Alexandre Dumas' ('The Three Musketeers') ashes are interred in the Panthéon in Paris in a televised ceremony.
2007 ― During the week ending on July 23, 2007, Honda Motor Company Ltd. produces its 6 millionth Civic in North America, according to an article in Automotive News.
2007 ― During the week ending on July 23, 2007, Honda Motor Company Ltd. produces its 6 millionth Civic in North America, according to an article in Automotive News.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1725 – John Newton, English sailor and priest, "Amazing Grace" (d. 1807)
1783 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (d. 1830)
1802 – Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (d. 1870)
1900 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet (d. 1948)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
1725 – John Newton, English sailor and priest, "Amazing Grace" (d. 1807)
1783 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (d. 1830)
1802 – Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (d. 1870)
1900 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet (d. 1948)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY ― JULY 21
July 21 is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
356 BC ― Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
356 BC ― Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
1542 ― Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium). -- Macrohistory and World Timeline
1718 ― The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
1773 ― Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits (the Society of Jesus).
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1816 – Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)
1899 – Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1938 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General (d. 2016)
1718 ― The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
1773 ― Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits (the Society of Jesus).
1861 ― In the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is routed by a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard at Bull Run.
1865 ― In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
1898 ― Spain cedes the central Pacific island of Guam to the United States in the Spanish-American War.
1904 ― After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed.
1921 ― To prove his contention that air power is superior to sea power, U.S. Colonel William Mitchell demonstrates how bombs from planes can sink a captured German battleship. ― Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
1925 ― The Scopes "Monkey Trial" ends. John Scopes is found guilty of teaching Darwinism (evolution).
1940 ― The Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
1949 ― The U.S. Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO).
1955 ― President Dwight D. Eisenhower presents his “Open Skies” plan at the 1955 Geneva summit meeting with representatives of France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. The plan, though never accepted, laid the foundation for President Ronald Reagan’s later policy of “trust, but verify” in relation to arms agreements with the Soviet Union.
1898 ― Spain cedes the central Pacific island of Guam to the United States in the Spanish-American War.
1904 ― After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed.
1921 ― To prove his contention that air power is superior to sea power, U.S. Colonel William Mitchell demonstrates how bombs from planes can sink a captured German battleship. ― Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
1925 ― The Scopes "Monkey Trial" ends. John Scopes is found guilty of teaching Darwinism (evolution).
1940 ― The Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
1949 ― The U.S. Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO).
1955 ― President Dwight D. Eisenhower presents his “Open Skies” plan at the 1955 Geneva summit meeting with representatives of France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. The plan, though never accepted, laid the foundation for President Ronald Reagan’s later policy of “trust, but verify” in relation to arms agreements with the Soviet Union.
1960 ― On this day in 1960, the German government passes the “Law Concerning the Transfer of the Share Rights in Volkswagenwerk Limited Liability Company into Private Hands,” known informally as the “Volkswagen Law.”
1972 ― Bloody Friday: within the space of seventy-five minutes, the Provisional Irish Republican Army explode twenty-two bombs in Belfast; six civilians, two British Army soldiers and one UDA volunteer were killed, 130 injured.
1970 ― After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam across the Nile River in Egypt is completed on July 21, 1970. More than two miles long at its crest, the massive $1 billion dam ended the cycle of flood and drought in the Nile River region, and exploited a tremendous source of renewable energy, but had a controversial environmental impact.
1972 ― In New York City 57 murders occur in 24 hours.
1973 ― The USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet. -- NASA
1976 ― The first outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Philadelphia.
1973 ― The USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet. -- NASA
1976 ― The first outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Philadelphia.
1997 ― The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday, setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
2005 ― Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.
2008 ― Bosnian-Serb war criminal Radovan Karadžić is arrested in Serbia and is indicted by the UN's ICTY tribunal.
2011 ― NASA’s space shuttle program completes its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1816 – Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)
1899 – Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1938 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General (d. 2016)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY ― JULY 20
July 20 is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 164 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
1304 ― Wars of Scottish Independence: The Seige of Stirling Castle ― King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war.
1714 ― The Riot Act was passed in Great Britain, coming into force on August 1, 1715.
1808 ― Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt French family names.
1847 ― German astronomer Theodor Borson discovers Comet 23/P Brorsen-Metcalf.
1881 ― Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to U.S. troops.
1889 ― Having made the mistake of homesteading on land previously controlled by a Wyoming cattle king, homesteaders Ella Watson and James Averell are accused of rustling and hanged.
1304 ― Wars of Scottish Independence: The Seige of Stirling Castle ― King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war.
1714 ― The Riot Act was passed in Great Britain, coming into force on August 1, 1715.
1808 ― Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt French family names.
1847 ― German astronomer Theodor Borson discovers Comet 23/P Brorsen-Metcalf.
1881 ― Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to U.S. troops.
1889 ― Having made the mistake of homesteading on land previously controlled by a Wyoming cattle king, homesteaders Ella Watson and James Averell are accused of rustling and hanged.
1894 ― 2000 Federal troops are recalled from Chicago, having ended the Pullman strike.
1917 ― The WW I draft lottery held; #258 is the first number drawn.
1921 ― Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson (Oklahoma) became the first woman to preside over the US House of Representatives.
1941 ― Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins. -- Encyclopedia of Jewish Families in Romania
1944 ― Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by Germany army officer Claus Von Stauffenberg.
1948 ― President Harry S. Truman institutes a military draft with a proclamation calling for nearly 10 million men to register for military service within the next two months. Truman’s action came during increasing Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union.
1954 ― Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North & South.
1960 ― The first submerged submarine to fire a Polaris missile (George Washington).
1969 ― The first men on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11.
1972 ― The results of a two-year study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation are released; the study concludes that 1960-63 Chevrolet Corvair models are at least as safe as comparable models of other cars sold in the same period, directly contradicting charges made by the leading consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
1973 ― The U.S. Senate passes the War Powers Resolution.
1976 ― On the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Viking 1 lander, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe, becomes the first spacecraft to successfully land on the surface of Mars.
1977 ― The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments.
1984 ― Alton Coleman and Debra Brown are apprehended in Evanston, Illinois, after a particularly vicious two-month crime spree that left eight people dead and many more injured. Coleman had been added to the special eleventh slot on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List for actively dangerous fugitives.
1995 ― The Regents of the University of California vote to end all affirmative action in the UC system by 1997.
2000 ― Terrorist Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) sues France in the European Court of Human Rights for allegedly torturing him.
2012 ― Twelve people are killed and 59 injured after a gunman opens fire at a Dark Knight movie premier in Aurora, Colorado.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1304 – Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1374)
1822 – Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist (d. 1884)
1919 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008)
1933 – Cormac McCarthy, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
1917 ― The WW I draft lottery held; #258 is the first number drawn.
1921 ― Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson (Oklahoma) became the first woman to preside over the US House of Representatives.
1941 ― Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins. -- Encyclopedia of Jewish Families in Romania
1944 ― Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by Germany army officer Claus Von Stauffenberg.
1948 ― President Harry S. Truman institutes a military draft with a proclamation calling for nearly 10 million men to register for military service within the next two months. Truman’s action came during increasing Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union.
1954 ― Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North & South.
1960 ― The first submerged submarine to fire a Polaris missile (George Washington).
1969 ― The first men on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11.
1972 ― The results of a two-year study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation are released; the study concludes that 1960-63 Chevrolet Corvair models are at least as safe as comparable models of other cars sold in the same period, directly contradicting charges made by the leading consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
1973 ― The U.S. Senate passes the War Powers Resolution.
1976 ― On the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Viking 1 lander, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe, becomes the first spacecraft to successfully land on the surface of Mars.
1977 ― The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments.
1984 ― Alton Coleman and Debra Brown are apprehended in Evanston, Illinois, after a particularly vicious two-month crime spree that left eight people dead and many more injured. Coleman had been added to the special eleventh slot on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List for actively dangerous fugitives.
1995 ― The Regents of the University of California vote to end all affirmative action in the UC system by 1997.
2000 ― Terrorist Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) sues France in the European Court of Human Rights for allegedly torturing him.
2012 ― Twelve people are killed and 59 injured after a gunman opens fire at a Dark Knight movie premier in Aurora, Colorado.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1304 – Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1374)
1822 – Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist (d. 1884)
1919 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (d. 2008)
1933 – Cormac McCarthy, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
THIS DAY IN HISTORY ― JULY 18
July 18 is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 166 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
390 BC ― Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia ― a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
2012 ― Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army.
2013 ― Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at $18.5 Billion.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (d. 1863)
1853 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1989)
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)
1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1921 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (d. 2016)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
390 BC ― Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia ― a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
64 ― The great fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city. Despite the well-known stories, there is no evidence that the Roman emperor, Nero, either started the fire or played the fiddle while it burned. Still, he did use the disaster to further his political agent.
1290 ― King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews.
1334 ― The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1716 ― Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels. -- Jewish Virtual Library
1853 ― Completion of the Grand Trunk Railway, trains begin running over the first North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal.
1864 ― President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service.
1870 ― The Papal infallibility doctrine is define dogmatically in the First Vatican Council under Pope Pius IX.
1918 ― World War I: United States and French forces launch the Aisne-Marne offensive (Second Battle of the Marne).
1925 ― Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice").
1932 ― The United States and Canada sign a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1938 ― Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after he had left NY for California.
1947 ― King George VI signs the Indian Independence Act.
1947 ― President Harry Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act.
1963 ― The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases its second interim report pressing for international sanctions against South Africa, particularly the supply of arms, ammunition and petroleum.
1968 ― The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
1972 ― Egyptian president Anwar Sadat throws out 20,000 Russian military aids.
1980 ― A Federal court voids the Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women.
1290 ― King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews.
1334 ― The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1716 ― Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels. -- Jewish Virtual Library
1853 ― Completion of the Grand Trunk Railway, trains begin running over the first North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal.
1864 ― President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service.
1870 ― The Papal infallibility doctrine is define dogmatically in the First Vatican Council under Pope Pius IX.
1918 ― World War I: United States and French forces launch the Aisne-Marne offensive (Second Battle of the Marne).
1925 ― Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice").
1932 ― The United States and Canada sign a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1938 ― Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after he had left NY for California.
1947 ― King George VI signs the Indian Independence Act.
1947 ― President Harry Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act.
1963 ― The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases its second interim report pressing for international sanctions against South Africa, particularly the supply of arms, ammunition and petroleum.
1968 ― The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
1972 ― Egyptian president Anwar Sadat throws out 20,000 Russian military aids.
1980 ― A Federal court voids the Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women.
1984 ― James Oliver Huberty opens fire in a crowded McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people and wounding 19 others with several automatic weapons. Minutes earlier, Huberty had left home, telling his wife, “I’m going hunting… hunting for humans.”
2012 ― Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army.
2013 ― Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at $18.5 Billion.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (d. 1863)
1853 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1989)
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)
1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1921 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (d. 2016)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
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