This day in history

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1566- Nostradamus died
1881- President James Garfield was shot by Charles [Heathcliff] Guiteau
1937- Amelia Earhart & her co-pilot disappeared ninja  

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1775- Commander in chief George Washington Took command of the continental army at Cambridge, Mass.

1863- The battle of Gettysburg ended

1890- Idaho became the 43rd U.S. state

1962- Jackie robinson Became the 1st African-American to be induced into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  

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July 5

1811

Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
1865

William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England.
1946

Larry Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first African American player in the American League.
1946

The bikini swimsuit made its debut at a Paris fashion show.
1954

Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right," his first commercial record.
1975

Cape Verde became independent after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
1975

Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors.
1996

Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.
2002

Baseball great Ted Williams died.

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July 4

1776

The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.
1826

Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
1831

Former president James Monroe died.
1845

Henry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.
1862

Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.
1884

The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.
1895

Katharine Lee Bates published America the Beautiful.
1939

Lou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell at Yankee Stadium.
1976

The United States celebrated its bicentennial.
1997

The U.S. Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.

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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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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.  

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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 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 11th

1533- Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII

1814- 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- made his major league baseball debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1977- Martin Luthur King Jr. was given the Medal of Freedom for his work to advance Civil Rights

1995- The United States and Vietnam established full diplomatic relations

2008- HellBoy 2 was released in theatres  

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July 12th-17. Oops sweatdrop  

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July 18th

64 AD- A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them

1925- The first volume of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was published

1936- The Spanish Civil War began

1947- President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act

1976- 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympics and went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals

1999- New York Yankee David Cone pitched the 16th perfect game in baseball history

2008- Batman: Dark Knight Opened in the  

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July 19th

1848- The first women's rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, New York.

1870- The Franco-Prussian war began

1941- Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.

1966- Fifty year-old singer Frank Sinatra married 21-year-old actress Mia Farrow

1984- Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for the vice-presidency by a major political party

1933- President Clinton announced the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military  

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July 20th

1810- Colombia declared independence from Spain

1881- Fugitive Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull surrendered to federal troops

1951- King Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated

1960- Sirima Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) became the world's first woman prime minister

1969- Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon

1985- Treasure hunters found the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the coast of Key West, Fla., in 1622 during a hurricane. The ship contained over 400 million in coins and silver ingots  

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July 21st

1861- Confederate forces won victory at Bull Run in the first major battle of the Civil War

1873- The first train robbery west of the Mississippi was pulled off by Jesse James and his gang

1925- In the "Monkey Trial," John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee state law by teaching evolution.

1949- The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.

1970- The Aswan High Dam was opened in Egypt.

1998- Astronaut Alan Shepard died

2002- WorldCom filed for bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history  

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July 23rd

2008- Offbeat Ninja got a 5-0 victory against Messy in DOA 4, but lost the 6th match, giving the final point to Team Sanyo in the Championship Gaming Series.