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Chazzy
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This Day In History
Thought this thread might be (might be I said) an interesting companion for the National What Day thread.
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This Day in History July 7
1456
Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc.
1846
Commodore John D. Sloat occupied Monterey and declared California annexed to the United States.
1898
The United States annexed Hawaii.
1946
Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint.
1981
President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor for the Supreme Court.
2005
52 people were killed and hundreds injured in London when terrorists bombed subways and a bus.
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| July 7, 2008, 07:29 |
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Chazzy
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Wow, it's been 3 years already since the London subway bombings...
(I'm not real sure if I'll be able to keep this thread up everyday, if someone would like to take over...that would be cool....I can send you the link for the site I found.)
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| July 7, 2008, 07:37 |
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July 7 1936: Henry F. Phillips receives patents for a new kind of screw and the new screwdriver needed to make it work. It changes the worlds of mass production and machine repair, not to mention your home toolbox.
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| July 7, 2008, 11:52 |
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1941: United States occupies Iceland
The neutral United States moves closer to war with Germany when U.S. forces land on Iceland to take over its garrisoning from the British. With Iceland and its nearby sea routes under U.S. protection, the British Royal Navy was more free to defend its embattled Mediterranean positions. The occupation of Iceland came less than a month after President Franklin D. Roosevelt froze all German and Italian assets in the United States and expelled the countries' diplomats in response to the German torpedoing of an American destroyer. Much of the North Atlantic was now in the American sphere, and U.S. warships patrolled the area for German submarines, notifying London of all enemy activity. The U.S. officially entered World War II after Japan attacked its Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii in December 1941.
1994
North Yemeni forces capture Aden to bring an end to the two-month civil war.
1990
American tennis player Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th women's singles title at Wimbledon.
1990
In football, England goalkeeper Peter Shilton plays the last of his 125 games for his country in the World Cup third-place play-off against Italy in Bari.
1985
German tennis player Boris Becker, an unseeded 17 year old, becomes the youngest player to win the men's singles championship at Wimbledon.
1982
In London, an intruder in Buckingham Palace - Micheal Fagan - breaks into the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth II and asks her for a cigarette while sitting on the end of her bed. The incident reveals a serious flaw in Palace security.
1981
In Britain, the Church of England decides that divorcees are allowed to re-marry in a church ceremony.
1974
In football's World Cup final, West Germany beat Holland 2-1.
1967
England's round-the-world yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1967
British group The Beatles release All You Need Is Love which was recorded during the first live European television link-up.
1955
In Britain, the first episode of the television police drama Dixon of Dock Green starring actor Jack Warner as London policeman George Dixon. The programme runs for 367 episodes during the next 21 years.
1937
In Britain, the Peel Report on the future of Palestine, recommends the setting up of separate Arab and Jewish states.
1929
In Italy, the Vatican in the centre of Rome becomes a sovereign state.
1927
Christopher Stone becomes first Britain's first radio disc jockey.
1898
Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the USA.
1890
In America, the first execution by electric chair is carried out in New York.
1883
The puppet character, Pinocchio, first appears in print. Carlo Lorenzini, under his pen name of Collodi, writes the cautionary children's story but is paid only 12 weeks' rent for the rights to what is to become one of the world's most popular children's classics.
1814
The world's first authentic historical novel, 'Waverley' by Sir Walter Scott, is published
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| July 7, 2008, 16:55 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History July 8
1776
The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was given in Philadelphia, Pa.
1777
Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery.
1889
The Wall Street Journal began publication.
1950
General Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces in Korea.
1958
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the first official gold album. It was for the Oklahoma soundtrack.
1986
Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria.
tica... 
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| July 8, 2008, 02:08 |
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Chazzy
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MacArthur was one tough doode...
It's cool to know the history behind the first gold album too.
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| July 8, 2008, 10:57 |
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This Day in History July 8:
1907, Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies," on the roof of the New York Theater
1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression.
1947, demolition work began in New York City to make way for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations.
1947, U.S. Army Air Force officials in Roswell, New Mexico, announced that an object that had crashed nearby was a weather balloon—not a "flying disc," as initially reported.
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| July 8, 2008, 12:10 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 9
1816
Argentina formally declared independence from Spain.
1850
Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the U.S., died after only 16 months in office.
1872
The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Me.
1896
William Jennings Bryan delivered his "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention.
1900
The British Parliament proclaimed that as of Jan. 1, 1901, the six Australian colonies would be united at the Commonwealth of Australia.
1974
Former U.S. chief justice Earl Warren died in Washington, DC.
1997
Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ear.
2002
Baseball's All-Star Game ended in a tie after 11 innings. Both sides had run out of pitchers.
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| July 9, 2008, 07:26 |
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Chazzy
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1947, U.S. Army Air Force officials in Roswell, New Mexico, announced that an object that had crashed nearby was a weather balloon—not a "flying disc," as initially reported.
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...and this ole debate is carried now to this day as passionately as it was back then!
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| July 9, 2008, 20:20 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 10
1890
Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States.
1940
The Battle of Britain began.
1951
Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong.
1973
The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.
1985
The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic.
1989
Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices,” including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles.
1991
President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
1991
Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as Russia's first elected president.
1995
Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.
2003
Spain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492.
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| July 10, 2008, 06:31 |
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Chazzy
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What were they thinkin' when they changed the coca cola recipe????
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| July 10, 2008, 08:05 |
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ticaD
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Re: This Day In History
This Day in History: July 11
1533
Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII.
1804
Former vice president Aaron Burr fatally wounded former secretary of the treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton died the following afternoon.
1864
Confederate general Jubal A. Early and his troops attacked Washington, DC. They retreated the next day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the capital.
1914
Babe Ruth made his major league baseball debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
1977
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work to advance civil rights.
1989
Actor Laurence Olivier died.
1995
The United States and Vietnam established full diplomatic relations.
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| July 11, 2008, 05:41 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 12
1543
England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
1690
Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1862
Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
1960
The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
1979
Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
1984
Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale became the first major-party candidate to choose a woman as a running mate when he announced his choice of Geraldine Ferraro.
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| July 12, 2008, 00:43 |
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ticaD
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1960
The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
Ahhhh... that was one of my favorites!!
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| July 12, 2008, 08:26 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 13
1793
French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday.
1863
The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City.
1865
P. T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.
1930
The first World Cup soccer competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay.
1943
The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history—involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft—ended in German defeat.
1977
A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.
2003
Iraq's interim governing council was inaugurated.
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| July 13, 2008, 05:27 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 14
1789
The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
1798
Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
1881
Billy the Kid was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.
1921
In one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of two murders and sentenced to death.
1933
In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.
1946
Dr. Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care was published.
1958
A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II. General Abdul Karim Kassem becomes Iraq's leader.
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| July 14, 2008, 00:05 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 15
1869
Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries.
1870
Georgia became the last of the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union.
1918
The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
1940
The world's tallest man (8 feet, 11.1 inches), Robert Wadlow, died.
1948
John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, DC.
1975
The Russian Soyuz and the U.S. Apollo launched. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first international manned spaceflight.
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| July 15, 2008, 00:24 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 16
1765 - Prime Minister of England Lord Greenville resigned and was replaced by Lord Rockingham.
1774 - Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the treaty of Kuchuk-Kainardji, ending their six-year war.
1779 - American troops under General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, NY.
1790 - The District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.
1791 - Louis XVI was suspended from office until he agreed to ratify the constitution.
1845 - The New York Yacht Club hosted the first American boating regatta.
1862 - Two Union soldiers and their servant ransacked a house and raped a slave in Sperryville, VA.
1862 - David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
1875 - The new French constitution was finalized.
1912 - Bradley A. Fiske patented the airplane torpedo.
1918 - Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by Bolsheviks at Ekaterinburg, Russia.
1926 - The first underwater color photographs appeared in "National Geographic" magazine. The pictures had been taken near the Florida Keys.
1935 - Oklahoma City became the first city in the U.S. to make use of parking meters.
1940 - Adolf Hitler ordered the preparations to begin on the invasion of England, known as Operation Sea Lion.
1942 - French police officers rounded up 13,000 Jews and held them in the Winter Velodrome. The round-up was part of an agreement between Pierre Laval and the Nazis. Germany had agreed to not deport French Jews if France arrested foreign Jews.
1944 - Soviet troops occupied Vilna, Lithuania, in their drive toward Germany.
1945 - The United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM.
1950 - The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched the Uruguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel, "The Catcher in the Rye," was first published.
1957 - Marine Major John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
1964 - Little League Baseball Incorporated was granted a Federal Charter unanimously by the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL, and began the first manned mission to land on the moon.
1970 - The Pittsburgh Pirates played their first game at Three Rivers Stadium.
1973 - Alexander P. Butterfield informed the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair of the existence of recorded tapes.
1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq after forcing Hasan al-Bakr to resign.
1981 - After 23 years with the name Datsun, executives of Nissan changed the name of their cars to Nissan.
1985 - The All-Star Game, televised on NBC-TV, was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network.
1990 - An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale devastated the Philippines, killing over 1600 people.
1999 - The plane of John F. Kennedy Jr. crashed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, MA. His wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, were also on board the plane. The body of John Kennedy was found on July 21, 1999.
2004 - Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison for lying about a stock sale. She was also ordered to spend five months confined to her home and fined $30,000. She was allowed to remain free pending her appeal.
2005 - J.K. Rowling's book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was released. It was the sixth in the Harry Potter series. The book sold 6.9 million copies on its first day of release.
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| July 16, 2008, 00:15 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 17
1453
100 Years War: France defeats England at Castillon ending the war. The British lost possession of all land in France except Calais.
1790
First sewing machine: English cabinetmaker Thomas Saint patents a machine with features that are basic to most modern sewing machines. It is not known if he ever built one.
1861
First U.S. paper money: Congress authorizes $50,000,000 in demand notes. Issue began on March 10, 1862 in denominations of $5, $10, and $20, but they weren't declared legal tender until March 17th.
1862
Blacks in the military: Pres. Lincoln signs the first federal law allowing persons of African descent to serve in the U.S. military. Over 186,000 would eventually serve in Union forces during the Civil War.
1866
First U.S. underwater highway tunnel: The Washington St. Tunnel beneath the Chicago River in Chicago is authorized. It was completed in 1869.
1918
Russian Revolution: Czar Nicholas II, his wife, and three of his five children are killed by the Bolsheviks during the aftermath of the revolution. The bodies of his two other children, Alexi and Anastasia have never been found.
1924
Future baby doctor Benjamin Spock wins an Olympic gold medal for rowing.
1936
Spanish Civil War: The war starts with an Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain.
1938
Wrong-Way Corrigan: The American aviator takes off from New York making a nonstop transatlantic flight - without a permit - landing in Ireland the next day. He claimed he had intended to fly to Los Angeles, but had followed the wrong end of his compass.
1941
Baseball: Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak comes to an end. He had 91 hits for a .408 average.
1944
WWII - Port Chicago Mutiny: An ammunitions depot in Port Chicago, California explodes killing 320 men, including 202 blacks assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. The unsafe working conditions continued, resulting in 258 out of the 320 African-American sailors in the ordnance battalion refusing to load ammunitions. Fifty black men were later convicted for refusing to return to work.
1946
First American Saint: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrina (1850-1917), founder of the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, is declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. She is the Patron Saint of Emigrants.
1954
First major-league baseball game in which the majority of a team's players were black: The Brooklyn Dodgers - which included black greats Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella - lose 6-1 to the Milwaukee Braves.
1955
Disneyland: Walt Disney's theme park opens in Anaheim, California.
1955
Nuclear Power: Arco, Idaho becomes the first town powered entirely by atomic energy when a 3,500-watt experimental power plant went on line for an hour.
1968
The Beatles: The Yellow Submarine cartoon premiers in London. The Fab Four accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine to free Pepperland from the music-hating Blue Meanies.
1969
Space Flight Is Possible: The New York Times publishes an apology for a 1920 article ridiculing Dr. Goddard's theory that rockets could function in the vacuum of space. This came after the successful launch of Apollo 11 on its way to the Moon. (One might say they had to "Apollo-gize" 
1975
First manned Soviet-American space project: Apollo 18 and Soviet Soyuz 19 link together in space. They remained linked for 47 hours.
1981
Hyatt Regency disaster: Two concrete skywalks fall onto a crowd of 1,500 people at the Kansas City hotel killing 114. Two engineers, who designed the skywalks, had their licenses revoked in 1986.
1984
First woman to walk in space: Soviet Soyuz T-12 is launched with cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya. She made her historic walk on July 25th.
1989
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber: After $22 billion and 10 years the radar-cloaking aircraft makes its maiden voyage.
1990
Baseball: The Minnesota Twins become the first team to score two triple plays in the same game. They still lost 1-0 to the Boston Red Sox.
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| July 17, 2008, 08:06 |
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Chazzy
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1862
Blacks in the military: Pres. Lincoln signs the first federal law allowing persons of African descent to serve in the U.S. military. Over 186,000 would eventually serve in Union forces during the Civil War.
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"Glory"...is a fantastic movie about this.
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| July 17, 2008, 09:13 |
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ticaD
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Re: This Day In History
This Day in History: July 18
1863
Civil War - First African American to earn the Medal of Honor: During the assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina, Sgt. William Harvey Carney, although wounded four times, struggled across the battlefield and retrieved the Union flag. For his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. This battle is portrayed in the film Glory (1989).
1870
The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility is proclaimed by the Vatican Council.
1925
Adolf Hitler: The future German leader publishes Mein Kampf. It was written while he was in prison for an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government.
1933
Bonnie and Clyde: The gang is confronted by law officers armed with Thompson submachine guns in Platte City, Missouri. The Barrow gang manages to shoot their way out using automatic rifles.
1938
Wrong-Way Corrigan: He lands in Ireland after making a nonstop transatlantic flight from N.Y. without a permit. He claimed he had intended to fly to Los Angeles, but had followed the wrong end of his compass.
1947
25th Amendment: Pres. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act, designating the Speaker of the House and Senate pro tempore next in succession after the vice-president. It was ratified in 1967.
1969
Chappaquiddick: Sen. Edward Kennedy drives his car off a bridge on the island. He swam to safety leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown in the car. He then spent the night in a hotel and reported the accident to police in the morning.
1984
McMurder: 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sets the record for killing by one man in a single day when he enters a San Diego McDonald's and kills 21 people and wounds 19 others before being killed by police.
1991
A couple is arrested after being videotaped through their bathroom window by a neighbor while having sex.
1994
Oldest person to give birth: A 62-year-old Italian woman, who became pregnant by embryo donation, gives birth to a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy.
2006
Nein Means Nein! Video is released of German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacting violently when President Bush attempts to give her a sneak massage from behind.
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| July 18, 2008, 06:25 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 19
1692
Salem Witch Trials: Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes, Elizabeth Howe, Rebbecca Nourse, and Sussanah Martin are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
1776
Declaration of Independence: After receiving word of unanimous approval by all 13 colonies, the Continental Congress orders its engrossing and signing, which began on August 2nd.
1848
Bloomers: According to fashion legend, Amelia Jenks Bloomer introduces the new women's fashion by wearing a pair to the first Women's Rights Convention in New York.
1862
Swift-Tuttle Comet is discovered by Horace Tuttle in Massachusetts. It had been independently spotted by Louis Swift in New York three days earlier. It has a 1 in 10,000 chance of colliding with Earth in the year 2126. If this occurs it will probably end civilization.
1900
The Paris Metropolitain opens, the main line of Metropolitain underground railway.
1909
First unassisted triple play in major-league baseball, Neal Ball for Cleveland against Boston.
1957
First U.S. rocket with a nuclear warhead is fired, at the Nevada proving grounds.
1961
First regularly scheduled in-flight movie, By Love Possessed, shown on a TWA flight.
1984
First woman nominated for vice-president by a major political party: Geraldine Ferraro is nominated by the Democratic party.
1985
Challenger disaster: New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe is chosen from among 11,000 applicants to ride aboard the space shuttle. It exploded on lift-off killing all aboard.
1989
A United Airlines DC-10 crashes en route from Denver to Chicago, killing 111 with 185 surviving.
1991
Mike Tyson has sex with 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington for which he was later convicted of rape.
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| July 19, 2008, 05:14 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 20
1859
First baseball game to charge admission: 50¢, Long Island, N.Y.
1903
Ford Motor Company: The soon to be auto giant ships its first car.
1924
Olympics: Future Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller wins gold medals for the 100-meter freestyle and the 4x200-meter relay.
1925
Monkey Trial: Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan takes the witness stand to defend his fundamentalist views against the teaching of evolution. He is completely humiliated by Clarence Darrow, who pointed out the absurdity of a strict reading of the Bible. The resulting stress may have contributed to Bryan's death six days later.
1927
Charles A. Lindbergh: After completing the first solo transatlantic flight, he begins his tour of the U.S. He visited every state with his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1940
First Billboard Magazine music popularity chart: Frank Sinatra topped the list with I'll Never Smile Again.
1944
Hitler assassination attempt: A bomb explodes during a meeting between Hitler and the military leaders of the Reich, killing one and wounding 12 others. Hitler was virtually unscathed. His first reaction was concern for his new boots.
1950
Arthur Murray Party Time debuts on ABC. It was one of only four shows to appear on all four major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, DuMont). Some consider it the longest running commercial on TV.
1954
Elvis Presley: The future King of Rock 'n' Roll gives his first public performance; on a flatbed truck for a drugstore-opening in Memphis.
1960
First Underwater Guided-Missile Launch: The submarine USS George Washington launches a pair of Polaris missiles. The target was more than 1,100 miles away.
1969
First man on the Moon: Neil A. Armstrong arrives aboard Apollo 11. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. joined him a few minutes later.
1973
First coast-to-coast black-owned and operated radio news network: The National Black Network (NBN) begins operations.
1976
Viking I lands on Mars and sends the first pictures sent from Mars' surface.
1976
Gymnast wins with broken leg: Shun Fujimoto wins an Olympic gold medal as a member of the Japanese gymnastics team. He had broken his leg during his floor exercise routine. He continued and scored a 9.5 on the side horse and a 9.7 on the rings.
1990
Iran-Contra Affair: Lt. Col. Oliver North's conviction for destroying government documents is overturned by a federal appeals court.
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| July 20, 2008, 01:09 |
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Re: This Day In History
Also on July 19th 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found.
  
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| July 20, 2008, 02:17 |
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ticaD
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QUOTE (pepper @ July 20, 2008, 02:17)
I've read some articles of the 'Rosetta Stone', interesting to say the least!
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| July 20, 2008, 08:12 |
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ticaD
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Re: This Day In History
This Day in History: July 21
1586
Thomas Cavendish starts his voyage around the world. He completed the voyage in September, 1588, making him the second Englishman to lead an expedition around the world.
1861
Civil War - First Battle of Bull Run: The first major battle of the war, and from which Stonewall Jackson received his nickname for delaying his attack.
1873
Frank and Jesse James rob their first train, in Iowa.
1921
First ship sunk by aircraft, in a demonstration by Brig. Gen. William S. Mitchell.
1923
John Dillinger (age 20) commits his first criminal offense, car theft in Indiana for which he was never caught. He had abandoned it 17 miles away.
1925
Monkey Trial: John Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in Tennessee and fined $100.
1931
First regularly scheduled TV program: It was hosted by New York Mayor Jimmy Walker.
1946
First Jet Fighter to Land and Take Off from a Ship: An FD-1 Phantom lands and then takes off again from the USS Roosevelt (CVB-42).
1949
North Atlantic Treaty is ratified by Congress.
1959
First atomic-powered merchant ship: The N.S. Savannah is launched.
1976
Legionnaire's disease: An outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia kills 29 people.
1983
Coldest day recorded, -128.6º F (-89º C) in Vostok, Antarctica (It'll be a cold day in July before I...) (source: Guinness Book of World Records)
2002
WorldCom: The American telecommunications giant files for bankruptcy protection. It was the largest such filing in U.S. history.
2005
London Transport Bombings: Four terrorist bombings are targeted at the London Underground and a public bus. The only casualty was from an asthma attack.
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| July 21, 2008, 00:39 |
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ticaD
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This Day in History: July 22
1861
Civil War: Congress declares that the war is not being fought to end slavery, but to preserve the Union.
1932
Federal Home Loan Bank Board is established, supervise and regulate savings institutions.
1933
First around-the-world solo flight is completed, by Wiley Post in the Winnie Mae. The flight began on July 15.
1980
TV Strike: The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Screen Actors Guild go on strike, delaying the start of the fall TV season. The strike ended October 3.
1991
Jeffrey Dahmer: Milwaukee police find human body parts in his apartment. He admitted to killing and dismembering 17 men.
2003
Iraq War: American troops kill Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Qusay, during a raid on a home in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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This Day in History: July 23
1766
First U.S. medical society is formed, Brunswick, New Jersey.
1827
First public swimming pool in the U.S. opens, Boston Massachusetts.
1846
Henry David Thoreau is jailed for refusing to pay his poll tax, prompting him to write Civil Disobedience.
1851
Sioux Indians relinquish their land in Iowa and Minnesota to the U.S. with the signing of the Treaty of Traverse.
1886
A man jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge on a bet and lives.
1904
The ice cream cone is invented, by Charles E. Minches, St. Louis, Missouri.
1967
12th Street Riot: Race riots begin in Detroit, Michigan, lasting five days. Forty-three people were killed and 2,000 were injured.
1982
Helicopter crash on the set of Twilight Zone-The Movie kills actor Vic Morrow and two illegally employed Vietnamese children.
1984
First Miss America to resign: Vanessa Williams - the first black Miss America - relinquishes her crown after Penthouse magazine announces it will publish nude photos of her with another woman.
1986
Royal Wedding: Prince Andrew marries Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, the Duchess of York, at London's Westminster Abbey.
2002
Iraq War: Downing Street memo: A British Prime Minister's meeting discusses the Bush administration's intention for war in Iraq. According to the memo:
"Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy" and "Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbors, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran." The minutes of this meeting would later be leaked to the press.
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Ahhhh...I gotta say....Fergie was always one of my favorite people, She is such a little spitfire!
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This Day In History: July 24
1794
First public opinion poll is taken.
1851
Window tax of England is repealed, it was first levied in 1696.
1946
First underwater atomic explosion: The U.S. explodes a device near Bikini Island in the Pacific. It sank ten ships which had been set up as targets.
1956
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis: The legendary comedy duo perform at the Copacabana, NY together for the last time as a team.
1961
First airplane hijacked from the U.S. to Cuba.
1967
A full page ad calling for the legalization of marijuana is placed in the London Times. Its list of signers included the Beatles.
1973
Watergate: U.S. Supreme Court rules that Pres. Nixon must turn over 64 tapes of White House conversations to Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
1992
Tires are recalled for blasphemy, by Japanese tire manufacturer Yokohama Rubber Co., after it was discovered their computer-designed tread resembled the Islamic word for Allah.
1993
Fans have a blast: Vince Coleman of the New York Mets tosses an explosive - equivalent to a quarter stick of dynamite - at fans after a game, injuring three people.
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Re: This Day In History: July 25
1909
First airplane flight across the English Channel, by Louis Bleriot.
1943
Benito Mussolini is deposed and imprisoned by the Italian people. He was rescued in September by the Germans.
1944
First jet-fighter used in combat: A German jet fires at a British plane, which manages to escape.
1946
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis: The legendary comedy duo makes their official debut together. Their act at the Atlantic City's 500 Club consisted or Martin trying to sing with Lewis constantly interrupting him.
1956
Italian liner Andrea Doria collides with the Swedish liner Stockholm shortly before midnight, sinking 12 hours later. 52 of the more 1,600 people aboard killed. One of its lifeboats was found on a New York beach in 1981.
1968
Birth control: Pope Paul VI issues an encyclical banning all forms of artificial contraception. It stated that the "direct interruption of the generative process already begun" is unlawful and that abortion, even for therapeutic reasons, is absolutely forbidden, as is sterilization.
1973
Watergate: Pres. Nixon refuses to release the tapes to the Watergate Special Prosecutor as ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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This Day In History: July 26
1775
Benjamin Franklin: The colonial leader is chosen Postmaster General by the Continental Congress.
1788
New York becomes the 11th state
1908
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is created.
1926
First Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. consecrated a Basilica: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna, New York.
1938
First televised suicide: John Warde jumps from a New York City building.
1943
Smog: The first case of "eye-irritating" smog in Los Angeles is reported. Visibility was reduced to less than three blocks.
1945
World War II - Potsdam Declaration: Issued by the U.S. and Great Britain, it called for Japan's unconditional surrender. They didn't accept.
1956
Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm the night before. 52 of the more than 1,600 people aboard are killed. One of its lifeboats was found on a New York beach in 1981.
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This Day In History: July 27
1804
12th Amendment ratified, defined the electing of the President and Vice-President by electoral vote.
1866
Atlantic telegraph cable: Laying of the 1,686-mile cable from Ireland to Newfoundland is completed.
1919
Chicago Race Riot: Four days of rioting begins in which 23 blacks and 15 whites are killed, with more than 500 people injured.
1953
Korean War: The three-year war officially ends with the signing of an armistice between the U.S. and Korea. Both sides claimed victory.
1976
The Beatles: John Lennon is issued his green card, allowing him to live in the U.S., where he had been living illegally since a 1972 deportation order.
1986
First non-European to win the Tour de France bicycle race: American cyclist Greg LeMond wins what is considered the most important event in bike racing.
1987
The Titanic: First artifacts from the four story "unsinkable" ship are recovered by French explorers. She sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic during her maiden voyage.
1996
Centennial Olympic Park Bombing: Right-wing extremist Eric Robert Rudolph commits the first of his four bombings. Two people were killed and 111 were injured. He later set off bombs at two abortion clinics and a lesbian night club.
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This Day In History: July 28
1866
Congress makes it lawful to use the metric system.
1868
14th Amendment is adopted by Congress: Defined U.S. citizenship and granted it to those born or naturalized in the U.S. It also stated that the rights of a citizen could not be removed without due process of the Law.
1914
World War I: The war begins when Austria declares war on Serbia in retaliation for the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist a month earlier. Soon other countries joined the conflict and the great war was on.
1933
First Singing Telegram: A fan sends Rudy Vallee a musical birthday greeting.
1943
Coffee rationing: Pres. Roosevelt announces the end of coffee rationing, which had been restricted since 1941 because of the war.
1945
A B-45 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building: It lodged between the 78th and 79th floors. 13 people were killed, including 10 pedestrians killed by falling debris.
1964
First close-up photos of the Moon taken by a US spacecraft: Ranger 7 is launched. On July 31 it sent back a series of pictures as it impacted into the moon's surface.
1976
Earthquake in Tangshan, China kills 242,000 people.
1976
Lockheed Sr-71 A/B Blackbird sets speed record of 2,193.16 mph.
1977
Trans-Alaska Pipeline: The 799-mile pipeline becomes fully operational when the first oil from Prudhoe Bay arrives in Valdez.
1982
Gun Control: San Francisco becomes the first major U.S. city to ban the sale and possession of hand guns.
1996
Kennewick Man: The remains of a prehistoric man, who lived between 5,000 to 9,500 years ago, are found on a bank of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington.
2006
Mel Gibson Gets Mad to the Max: The star of the Mad Max films and director of The Passion of the Christ is stopped for drunk driving. He then threatens the arresting officer and spewed out a string of anti-Semitic statements, stating that "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."
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OH yes, that's the day pretty Mel started lookin' real ugly.
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This Day In History: July 29
1829
Chippewa, Ottawa, and Powatomi Indians cede their land in the Michigan territory to the U.S.
1921
Adolf Hitler: The future German leader becomes president of the National Socialist German Workers (NAZI) party.
1927
First electric artificial respirator is installed, at Bellevue Hospital in New York. It was developed by physicians at Harvard University and called the "iron lung."
1966
Bob Dylan: The folk singer breaks his neck when he crashes his motorcycle near his home in Woodstock, New York.
1966
The Beatles: The U.S. teen magazine Datebook reprints an earlier quote by John Lennon stating that "We're more popular than Jesus now." This prompted Beatles Bonfires and the banning of their music by radio stations.
1967
Fire on USS Forrestal kills 134 people.
1981
Royal Wedding: Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.
1989
First 8-feet high jump: Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor clears 8 ft. 0 inches.
1993
Vietnam Women's Memorial: Ground is broken for the first memorial in Washington D.C. to honor women's military service. It honors the 11,500 women who served in Vietnam and the 265,000 uniformed women who served during the war.
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This Day In History: July 30
1619
First elected governing body in America, the House of Burgesses, is formed in Jamestown, Virginia.
1874
First baseball teams to play outside of the U.S.: National Association teams the Boston Red Stockings and the Philadelphia Athletic Blue Stockings play the first of a series of exhibition games in England and Ireland.
1898
First U.S. automobile advertised in a magazine: The Winton Motor Car Co. of Cleveland in Scientific American.
1909
First airplane purchased by the U.S. government: A Wright biplane is officially tested. It was accepted by the Army on August 2nd at a cost of $30,000.
1923
First Time magazine to feature a woman on the cover, Italian actress Eleonora Duse.
1928
First public demonstration of a color motion picture, by George Eastman.
1936
First major-league baseball team to travel by air, Boston Red Sox.
1945
World War II - U.S. Navy's worst wartime loss at sea: Only 320 of the 1,196-man crew survived shark-infested waters after the USS Indianapolis was hit by a Japanese torpedo.
1956
In God We Trust: The phrase is adopted as the official U.S. motto. It had been in use on coins since 1864.
1965
Medicare: Bill signed by Pres. Johnson to provide health care benefits to the elderly beginning in July.
1966
Vietnam War: U.S. begins bombing the demilitarized zone which separates North and South Vietnam. These types of attacks would lead to many civilian casualties.
1974
Watergate: Impeachment of Pres. Nixon is recommended by the House Judiciary Committee.
1975
Jimmy Hoffa: The ex-teamster boss is last seen outside of a motel in Detroit, Michigan.
1992
Iran announces that it is keeping the planes Iraq had stored there for safe keeping during the Gulf War.
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This Day In History: July 31
1790
U.S. patent office opens: The first U.S. patent is granted on this day to Samuel Hopkins for improvements in making potash and pearlash.
1792
First U.S. government building: The cornerstone of the U.S. Mint is laid.
1914
New York Stock exchange closes: Due to the war in Europe, the stock exchange closes for the first time since 1873. It didn't reopen until December.
1952
First transatlantic helicopter flight: Two U.S Air Force pilots - in separate helicopters - arrive in Prestwick, Scotland. They had departed from Massachusetts on July 15.
1954
First climb of K2: The peak of the world's second highest mountain (28,238 ft.) is reached by Italian climbers A. Compagnoni and L. Lacedelli.
1964
First close-up photos of the Moon taken by a US spacecraft: Ranger 7 sends back a series of pictures as it impacts into the moon's surface.
1969
First close-up pictures of Mars: The U.S. space probe Mariner 6 sends back pictures as it makes its closest approach to the planet.
1971
First moon drive: American astronauts James B. Irwin and David R. Scott take their Lunar Rover for a spin on the moon's surface.
1976
Face on Mars: NASA releases the famous Viking I "Face on Mars" photo.
1985
AIDS: 13-year-old Ryan White is barred from attending an Indiana public school because he has AIDS.
1987
The Living Daylights premiers in the U.S., 16th in the James Bond series, it starred Timothy Dalton as 007.
1988
America's last Playboy club closes in Lansing, Michigan.
1988
King Hussein of Jordan gives up all claims to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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The face on Mars photos still intrigue me.
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This Day In History: August 1
1774
Oxygen: English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers the element which composes one-fifth of our air.
1776
First Jew killed in the American Revolution: Francis Salvador is killed by Indians who were fighting for the British.
1789
First U.S. Customs officers: Customs officers begin collecting revenues as per the Tariff Act of July 4, 1789.
1790
First U.S. Census: The first counting of U.S. inhabitants is completed, showing a population of 3.9 million.
1794
Whiskey Rebellion: Western Pennsylvania farmers revolt in protest to an excise duty on stills and spirits distilled in the U.S. Pres. Washington later ordered in the militia and managed to end the rebellion without bloodshed.
1834
Slavery Abolition Act: Slavery is abolished in the British colonies. However, slaves had to continue to work without pay for four years to receive full emancipation.
1873
First cable streetcar: Andrew Hallidie's invention has its test run on Clay Street Hill, San Francisco. It went into operation a month later.
1876
Colorado becomes the 38th state.
1906
First U.S. diamond mine: John Huddleson discovers two diamonds (each about three carats) in Pike County, Arkansas, and establishes the only North American diamond mine.
1914
World War I: Germany declares war on Russia, after Russia began a general mobilization in support of Serbia.
1944
World War II - Anne Frank: The young diarist makes her last entry. Her family was found by the Nazis and taken to concentration camps. Her diary described their previous 756 days of hiding.
1944
World War II - Warsaw Uprising: 200,000 Polish civilians and ill-equipped soldiers are slaughtered over the next two months while fighting German storm troopers. Russia refused to lend assistance.
1946
Atomic Energy Commission: Pres. Truman signs the McMahan Act establishing the agency. It also authorized the Army and Navy to manufacture atomic weapons.
1961
Six Flags Over Texas: The first park of the Six Flags chain opens in Arlington, Texas.
1966
Texas Tower Massacre: 25-year-old University of Texas student Charles J. Whitman barricades himself into a university tower and shoots and kills 13 people, wounding 31 others, before being killed by police. His wife and mother were found slain in their homes.
1981
MTV, cable's first 24-hour music channel, debuts. The first video played was Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles.
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This Day In History: August 2
1776
Signing of the Declaration of Independence: The members of the Continental Congress begin signing their names. The last signer, Thomas McKean, didn't add his name until 1781.
1909
First airplane purchased by the U.S. government: A Wright biplane is purchased by the Army at a cost of $30,000.
1909
The Lincoln head penny is first issued.
1927
Pres. Coolidge announces "I do not choose to run for president in 1928."
1943
PT-109, commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, is rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, during World War II.
1990
Gulf War: Iraqi president Saddam Hussein orders the invasion of Kuwait, claiming that Kuwait was threatening Iraq's economy by overproducing oil, and that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq. These actions were immediately condemned by the United Nations who demanded Iraq's immediate withdrawal from Kuwait.
1993
Rocket explosion: A Titan IV rocket explodes two minutes after liftoff from a California Air Force base. The cost of the rocket and the satellites it was carrying was $2 billion.
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1909
First airplane purchased by the U.S. government: A Wright biplane is purchased by the Army at a cost of $30,000.
Geez...I guess that must have been a budget busting huge amount of money for a plane then?
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This Day In History: August 3
1492
Columbus sets sail for the Indies: He reached the New World of the Americas instead, landing in the Bahamas in October.
1807
First arrest of a U.S. Vice-President: Former Vice-Pres. Aaron Burr, arrested 5½ months earlier, goes on trial for treason against the U.S. He had organized an armed militia of about 60 men; the exact purpose of which has never been determined. He was acquitted.
1858
The source of the Nile is found, by English explorer John Hanning Speke.
1914
First ocean steamer to pass through the Panama Canal: The SS ANCON.
1921
First crops dusted by an airplane, by Lt. John Macready in Ohio.
1936
Jesse Owens: The black American track star upsets Hitler's theory of Aryan superiority by winning a gold medal in the 100-meter race. He went on to win a total of four.
1965
Famous UFO sighting: Highway inspector Rex Heflin takes four Polaroid's of a flying object measuring 30 feet in diameter near Santa Anna, California. According to Heflin, the photos were taken from him by two men identifying themselves as from the North American Air Defense.
1975
Superdome: The $163 million arena opens in New Orleans.
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me premiers in the U.S., 10th in the James Bond series, it starred Roger Moore as 007.
1981
Federal air traffic controllers go on an illegal strike, and are dismissed by Pres. Reagan 2 days later.
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This Day In History: August 4
1693
Champagne: Dom Pérignon is generally credited with inventing the sparkling wine on this date. However, he actually just improved the process. He was originally tasked with the job of removing the bubbles, since they had a tendency to cause the bottles to burst. This could create a hazardous and costly chain reaction when other bottles broke due to the shock caused by the initial breakage.
1755
Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French painter, inventor of the modern pencil. He developed the process of combining powdered graphite with clay and pressing it between two wooden halves.
1790
Revenue cutter service is founded, later becoming the U.S. Coast Guard (1915).
1821
First issue of the Saturday Evening Post. In 1898 the current owner falsely claimed it was a continuation of Ben Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette which was published from 1728-1815.
1892
Lizzie Borden's parents are axed to death. Lizzie was tried and acquitted of the crime.
1914
World War I: The U.S. declares its neutrality, offering the following day to mediate.
1916
U.S. signs treaty to purchase the Virgin Islands from Denmark for the sum of $25,000,000. It was ratified the following year.
1936
Jesse Owens: The black American track star upsets Hitler's theory of Aryan superiority by winning his second gold medal, for the long jump. He went on to win a total of four.
1944
World War II - Anne Frank and seven other Jews are found by the Nazis and taken to concentration camps. Her diary described their previous 756 days of hiding.
1964
Mississippi Burning: Three civil rights workers are found murdered in Mississippi. The film Mississippi Burning (1988) is loosely based on these murders and ensuing FBI investigation.
1977
U.S. Department of Energy is established.
1993
Rodney King beating: L.A. police officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell are sentenced to 2½ years in prison for their part in the 1992 beating of Rodney King.
1993
Suicide Doctor - Death #18: Dr. Jack Kevorkian assists in the death of 30-year-old Lou Gehrig's disease victim, Thomas Hyde.
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This Day In History: August 5
1833 - The village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250.
1861 - The U.S. federal government levied its first income tax. The tax was 3% of all incomes over $800. The wartime measure was rescinded in 1872.
1864 - During the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Adm. David G. Farragut were led into Mobile Bay, Alabama.
1884 - On Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid.
1914 - The electric traffic lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
1921 - The first play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game was done by Harold Arlin. KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, PA described the action between the Pirates and Philadelphia.
1921 - The cartoon "On the Road to Moscow", by Rollin Kirby, was published in the "New York World". It was the first cartoon to win a Pulitzer Prize.
1923 - Henry Sullivan became the first American to swim across the English Channel.
1924 - In the New York "Daily News" debuted the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray.
1944 - Polish insurgents liberated a German labor camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.
1953 - During the Korean conflict prisoners were exchanged at Panmunjom. The exchange was labeled Operation Big Switch.
1960 - For the first time two major league baseball clubs traded managers. Detroit traded Jimmy Dykes for Cleveland's Joe Gordon.
1962 - Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home. The "probable suicide" was caused by an overdose of sleeping pills. Monroe was 36 at the time of her death.
1963 - The Limited Test Ban Treaty was signed by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. The treaty banned nuclear tests in space, underwater, and in the atmosphere.
1964 - U.S. aircraft bombed North Vietnam after North Vietnamese boats attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1969 - The Mariner 7, a U.S. space probe, passed by Mars. Photographs and scientific data were sent back to Earth.
1974 - U.S. President Nixon said that he expected to be impeached. Nixon had ordered the investigation into the Watergate break-in to halt.
1974 - "Tank McNamara", the comic strip, premiered in 75 newspapers.
1981 - The U.S. federal government started firing striking air traffic controllers.
1983 - David Crosby was sentenced to eight years in prison. He had been charged with drug and firearm possession. He was paroled in 1986.
1984 - Toronto’s Cliff Johnson set a major league baseball record by hitting the 19th pinch-hit home run in his career.
1986 - It was revealed that artist Andrew Wyeth had secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor. The works of Helga Testorf had been created over a 15-year period.
1989 - In Honduras, five Central American presidents began meeting to discuss the timetable for the dismantling of the Nicaraguan Contra bases.
1990 - U.S. President Bush angrily denounced the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
1991 - An investigation was formally launched by Democratic congressional leaders to find out if the release of American hostages was delayed until after the Reagan-Bush presidential election.
1991 - Iraq admitted to misleading U.N. inspectors about secret biological weapons.
1992 - Federal civil rights charges were filed against four Los Angeles police officers. The officers had been acquitted on California State charges. Two of the officers were convicted and jailed on violation of civil rights charges.
1998 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein began not cooperating with U.N. weapons inspectors.
1998 - Marie Noe of Philadelphia, PA was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, accused of smothering eight of her children to death between 1949 and 1968. Noe later received 20 years' probation.
1999 - In Malibu, CA, Robert Downey Jr. was sentenced to three years in prison for missing scheduled drug tests.
1999 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) hit his 500th career homerun. He also set a record for the fewest at-bats to hit the 500 homerun mark.
2002 - The U.S. closed its consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. The consulate was closed after local authorities removed large concrete blocks and reopened the road in front of the building to normal traffic.
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This Day In History: August 6
1774
Ann Lee, founder of Shakerism in America, arrives in New York City.
1806
Holy Roman Empire: The great empire is formally dissolved after the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II abdicates following a military defeat by the French Army under Napoleon.
1890
First electric-chair execution: Convicted murderer William Kemmler is executed in New York.
1926
First woman to swim the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle of New York, completing the swim in just under 15 hours, beating the men's record by almost two hours.
1945
First atomic bomb used in war: A 20,000 ton uranium fission bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the U.S. from the B-29 Enola Gay . 100,000 people are killed and 60% of the city is destroyed.
1962
Jamaica gains its independence, and becomes a member of the British Commonwealth.
1969
The Green Berets' former commander and seven members are arrested for killing a suspected Vietnamese double agent.
1970
200 Yippies invade Disneyland, putting on a circus, climbing buildings, and singing the Mickey Mouse Club theme.
1990
Gulf War: In response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, the United Nations orders a boycott of Iraq and occupied Kuwait.
1992
First person to publicly sell their own Oscar: Harold Russell sells his 1946 Best Supporting Actor award for $65,000.
1993
The Fugitive movie is released starring Harrison Ford as the man on the run.
1993
Boxing's fastest title-fight knockout: Gerald McClellan defends his World Boxing Council middleweight title by knocking out Jay Bell with a body shot 30 seconds into the bout.
2001
9-11: A White House briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." is given to George W. Bush. It stated that a large attack was to take place on United States soil. The target cities included New York City and Washington, D.C. It also mentioned the used of hijacked planes.
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1970
200 Yippies invade Disneyland, putting on a circus, climbing buildings, and singing the Mickey Mouse Club theme.
I'm....so sorry I missed that!
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This Day in History: August 7
1782
Purple Heart: General George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit, which later became known as the Purple Heart.
1789
Congress gives the president the power to remove any U.S. officer, except judges.
1789
U.S. War and Navy Departments are established by Congress.
1794
Whiskey Rebellion: Pres. Washington orders the rebelling western Pennsylvania farmers to go home and calls for 15,000 militia. They were protesting an excise duty placed on stills and spirits distilled in the U.S.
1888
Jack the Ripper: The famous serial killer claims his first known victim. For three months he murdered and mutilated prostitutes in London's East End. He was never caught.
1888
The revolving door is patented, by Theophilus Van Kannel.
1946
First U.S. coin to depict a black American: A 50¢ commemorative coin featuring Booker T. Washington is authorized.
1959
First photograph of Earth taken from space: The U.S. satellite Explorer VI is launched. It took its historic photo on August 14, showing a sun-lighted area of the Central Pacific ocean and its cloud cover.
1973
Roy C. Sullivan struck by lightning for the 5th of 7 times.
1978
Love Canal: The area, near Niagara Falls, is declared a national disaster due to toxic waste.
1990
Gulf War: In response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait days earlier, the U.S. announces it will provide land, air, and naval support to Saudi Arabia.
1992
New lawn mowers for old: The EPA announces it will swap your old gas powered mower for a new cordless electric mower (valued at $400).
1992
The ship Queen Elizabeth II discovers an uncharted rock off of Cape Cod, causing a 74-foot gash forcing the evacuation of 1,815 people.
1993
Buckingham Palace opens to the public: For $12 visitors can view the palace while Queen Elizabeth II and family are on vacation.
1998
Al-Qaeda: Two US embassies in in Kenya and Tanzania, Africa are bombed by the terrorist organization. The attack in Nairobi, Kenya, kills 213 people, including 12 US nationals, and injures more than 4,500. The attack in Tanzania, kills 11 and injures 85.
xox
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Re: This Day In History
This Day in History: August 8
1786
Coinage of U.S. money is established by Congress.
1829
First U.S. locomotive to run on rails: The Stourbridge Lion is tested in Pennsylvania.
1866
First Queen to visit the US: Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands arrives in New York.
1933
First Federal Savings and Loan Association: First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Miami, Florida is chartered.
1963
The Royal Mail train is robbed of $7,000,000, at Buckinghamshire, England.
1963
World's biggest robbery: Masked bandits rob a British train of $7,367,989.
1974
Watergate: Pres. Nixon announces his intention to resign the following day. He had admitted his complicity in the Watergate cover-up three days earlier.
1975
Singer Hank Williams, Jr. falls from a mountain in Montana, requiring reconstructive surgery to his face.
1987
Animal Crack-Ups debuts on ABC, with host Alan Thicke.
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