July: Today in History |
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1863 - Start of the Battle of Gettysburg, part of the U.S. Civil War. 1898 - The Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish-American War, was fought by Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. 1945 - The Tapel Massacre took place in the Philippines. 1962 - Burundi became independent. 1962 - Rwanda became independent. 1997 - Great Britain returned Hong Kong to China. |
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1890 - The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. |
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1776 - The American Declaration of Independence, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, was signed. 1939 - Lou Gehrig gave his famous farewell speech at Yankee Stadium. INDEPENDENCE DAY - FOURTH OF JULY (U.S.A.) |
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1811 - Venezuela declared its independence from Spain. 1865 - The Salvation Army was started by William Booth in London, England. 1996 - Dolly, the first cloned sheep, was born. |
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1535 - Sir (Saint) Thomas More was beheaded.
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1898 - Hawaii was annexed by the United States. 2005 - Subway and bus terrorist bombings took place in London. |
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1777 - Vermont abolished slavery.
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1816 - Argentina declared its independence from Spain. 1896 - The famous "Cross of Gold" speech was given by William Jennings Bryan at the Democratic National Convention. 2011 - The African country of South Sudan officially came into existence. |
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1890 - Wyoming became a U.S. state. 1940 - Start of the Battle of Britain. |
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1533 - Henry VIII of England was excommunicated by Pope Clement VII.
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1543 - Henry VIII married Catherine Parr (his sixth and final wife, who survived him). 1690 - Ireland's Battle of the Boyne, in which Catholic James II was defeated by Protestant William of Orange. |
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1793 - Charlotte Corday stabbed Jean-Paul Marat to death in his bathtub. 1863 - Start of the draft riots in New York City. |
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1789 - French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris. 1933 - The Nazis banned all other political parties in Germany. |
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1918 - Start of the Second Battle of the Marne (World War I).
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1918 - The Bolsheviks executed Nicholas II and his family.
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1821 - Florida was ceded to the United States by Spain. 1898 - End of the Spanish-American War. |
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64 C.E. - Start of a fire which would burn the larger part of ancient Rome. 1936- Start of the Spanish Civil War. |
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1848 - Seneca Falls Convention. 1870 - Start of the Franco-Prussian War. 1993 - U.S. Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was declared by President William "Bill" Clinton. |
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1810 - Colombia declared its independence from Spain. 1969 - Neil Armstrong's historic moonwalk. |
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1970 - Egypt opened the Aswan High Dam.
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1934 - John Dillinger was killed outside of the Biograph Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
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1995 - Discovery of the Hale-Bopp Comet.
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2005 - Seventh win for Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France.
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1952 - Puerto Rico became a United States Commonwealth.
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1847 - Liberia became a republic. 1952 - Death of Eva "Evita" Peron in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
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1214 - A decisive French victory at the Battle of Bouvines ended the Angevin-Flanders War of 1202-1214 (also known as the Anglo-French War). 1953 - Armistice ended the Korean War |
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1540 - Execution of Thomas Cromwell. 1540 - Henry VIII married Catherine Howard (fifth of his six wives, later beheaded). 1794 - Maximilien Robespierre guillotined in Paris. 1868 - Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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1890 - Suicide of Vincent van Gogh. 1981 - Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, |
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1965 - Medicare signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. 1975 - James "Jimmy" Hoffa reported missing. |
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1498 - Christopher Columbus landed in what is now known as Trinidad.
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