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June 22
1938: Two years after Adolf Hitler took German boxer Max Schmeling's defeat of American Joe Louis as a sign of Nazi superiority, Louis defeats Schmeling in their rematch by knocking him out in the first round.
1941: Breaking the nonaggression pact signed by the two countries in 1939, Germany invades the Soviet Union, sending over 3 million troops across the border.
1944: President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, known as the GI Bill of Rights, which provides tuition, low-interest mortgages, and other benefits to veterans.
1977: Former attorney general John Mitchell begins serving his sentence for his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, becoming the first U.S. attorney general to go to prison.
1978: The U.S. astronomer James W. Christy discovers that the planet Pluto has a moon more than half its diameter, which he names Charon.
1938: Two years after Adolf Hitler took German boxer Max Schmeling's defeat of American Joe Louis as a sign of Nazi superiority, Louis defeats Schmeling in their rematch by knocking him out in the first round.
1941: Breaking the nonaggression pact signed by the two countries in 1939, Germany invades the Soviet Union, sending over 3 million troops across the border.
1944: President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, known as the GI Bill of Rights, which provides tuition, low-interest mortgages, and other benefits to veterans.
1977: Former attorney general John Mitchell begins serving his sentence for his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, becoming the first U.S. attorney general to go to prison.
1978: The U.S. astronomer James W. Christy discovers that the planet Pluto has a moon more than half its diameter, which he names Charon.
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June 23rd
1314: In the Battle of Bannockburn, the decisive victory for Scottish independence, forces led by Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, defeat the troops of English king Edward II.
1497: An English expedition led by John Cabot makes the first recorded sighting of North America by a European, landing at what may have been Cape Breton Island.
1901: Painter Pablo Picasso has his first exhibit in Paris, at the age of 19.
1922: German nationalists assassinate foreign minister Walther Rathenau, a German Jew, in response to his policy of paying reparations for Germany's role in World War I.
1947: An American pilot reports seeing objects he describes as "saucers" flying near Mount Rainier in Washington, leading to the popular term "flying saucers."
1964: The Federal Trade Commission requires that a message be placed on all cigarette packages that warns consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health.
1314: In the Battle of Bannockburn, the decisive victory for Scottish independence, forces led by Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, defeat the troops of English king Edward II.
1497: An English expedition led by John Cabot makes the first recorded sighting of North America by a European, landing at what may have been Cape Breton Island.
1901: Painter Pablo Picasso has his first exhibit in Paris, at the age of 19.
1922: German nationalists assassinate foreign minister Walther Rathenau, a German Jew, in response to his policy of paying reparations for Germany's role in World War I.
1947: An American pilot reports seeing objects he describes as "saucers" flying near Mount Rainier in Washington, leading to the popular term "flying saucers."
1964: The Federal Trade Commission requires that a message be placed on all cigarette packages that warns consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health.
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June 25th
1483: In a royal drama later told by Shakespeare, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, takes the crown of England as Richard III, following the death of King Edward IV and the imprisonment of the young Edward V.
1858: China and Britain sign the Treaty of Tianjin, bringing a temporary end to the Second Opium War.
1870: In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the world's first oceanside boardwalk is completed.
1894: Railroad workers led by Eugene V. Debs begin a national strike in sympathy with employees at the Pullman railcar company. Later, troops sent by President Grover Cleveland put a violent end to the strike.
1925: The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin's epic comedy set in Alaska, opens. A critical and popular success, it is immediately acclaimed as a landmark in film history.
1963: President John F. Kennedy is received enthusiastically by the residents of West Berlin, divided from the eastern half of the city by the Berlin Wall, when he tells them, "Ich bin ein Berliner."
1483: In a royal drama later told by Shakespeare, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, takes the crown of England as Richard III, following the death of King Edward IV and the imprisonment of the young Edward V.
1858: China and Britain sign the Treaty of Tianjin, bringing a temporary end to the Second Opium War.
1870: In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the world's first oceanside boardwalk is completed.
1894: Railroad workers led by Eugene V. Debs begin a national strike in sympathy with employees at the Pullman railcar company. Later, troops sent by President Grover Cleveland put a violent end to the strike.
1925: The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin's epic comedy set in Alaska, opens. A critical and popular success, it is immediately acclaimed as a landmark in film history.
1963: President John F. Kennedy is received enthusiastically by the residents of West Berlin, divided from the eastern half of the city by the Berlin Wall, when he tells them, "Ich bin ein Berliner."
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June 28th
1778: In the Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War, American forces led by General George Washington and aided by a woman known as Molly Pitcher defeat the British.
1841: The ballet Giselle premieres in Paris, with music by Adolph Charles Adam, choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli, and the title role danced by Carlotta Grisi.
1914: Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinates Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand, leading Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia a month later, beginning World War I.
1928: The plane of Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who was the first person to reach the South Pole, disappears on a flight to rescue the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile in the Arctic.
1939: Pan American Airways debuts the first regular transatlantic air service, flying from New York to Lisbon, Portugal, and Marseilles, France.
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1971: The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of boxer Muhammad Ali for draft evasion, finding that his refusal to fight in Vietnam is based on the religious principles of Islam.
2001: Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic is tranferred to The Hague, The Netherlands, to face trial for war crimes allegedly committed during the Wars of Yugoslav Succession.
1778: In the Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War, American forces led by General George Washington and aided by a woman known as Molly Pitcher defeat the British.
1841: The ballet Giselle premieres in Paris, with music by Adolph Charles Adam, choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli, and the title role danced by Carlotta Grisi.
1914: Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinates Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand, leading Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia a month later, beginning World War I.
1928: The plane of Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who was the first person to reach the South Pole, disappears on a flight to rescue the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile in the Arctic.
1939: Pan American Airways debuts the first regular transatlantic air service, flying from New York to Lisbon, Portugal, and Marseilles, France.
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1971: The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of boxer Muhammad Ali for draft evasion, finding that his refusal to fight in Vietnam is based on the religious principles of Islam.
2001: Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic is tranferred to The Hague, The Netherlands, to face trial for war crimes allegedly committed during the Wars of Yugoslav Succession.
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1972: In Furman v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court rules by a vote of 5-4 that capital punishment, as it is currently employed on the state and federal level, is unconstitutional.
1613: The Globe Theater, where most of Shakespeare's plays debuted, burned down on this day in 1613.
1933: On this day in 1933, actor and director Fatty Arbuckle dies at age 46. Arbuckle was one of Hollywood's most beloved personalities but was banned from film after he was charged with manslaughter.
1934: The first of the six Thin Man movies debuts, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as detective couple Nick and Nora Charles. The low-budget film became an unexpected box office success and won Powell a nomination for the Best Actor Oscar.
1972: In Furman v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court rules by a vote of 5-4 that capital punishment, as it is currently employed on the state and federal level, is unconstitutional.
1613: The Globe Theater, where most of Shakespeare's plays debuted, burned down on this day in 1613.
1933: On this day in 1933, actor and director Fatty Arbuckle dies at age 46. Arbuckle was one of Hollywood's most beloved personalities but was banned from film after he was charged with manslaughter.
1934: The first of the six Thin Man movies debuts, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as detective couple Nick and Nora Charles. The low-budget film became an unexpected box office success and won Powell a nomination for the Best Actor Oscar.
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June 30th
1859: French acrobat Charles Blondin, known as the Little Wonder, crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1886: Nineteen-year-old Arturo Toscanini makes an acclaimed conducting debut in Brazil as a substitute for the scheduled conductor of the opera Aïda.
1921: President Warren Harding names former president William Howard Taft chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1934: In the "night of the long knives," Adolf Hitler purges the National Socialist, or Nazi, party of its paramilitary stormtrooper wing, killing hundreds of the party's most dedicated followers.
1936: Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia appeals in vain to the League of Nations to halt the Italian invasion of his country.
1936: Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind is published. An immediate bestseller, it becomes one of the most popular novels of the century.
1859: French acrobat Charles Blondin, known as the Little Wonder, crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1886: Nineteen-year-old Arturo Toscanini makes an acclaimed conducting debut in Brazil as a substitute for the scheduled conductor of the opera Aïda.
1921: President Warren Harding names former president William Howard Taft chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1934: In the "night of the long knives," Adolf Hitler purges the National Socialist, or Nazi, party of its paramilitary stormtrooper wing, killing hundreds of the party's most dedicated followers.
1936: Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia appeals in vain to the League of Nations to halt the Italian invasion of his country.
1936: Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind is published. An immediate bestseller, it becomes one of the most popular novels of the century.
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July 1st
1823: The former Spanish colonies of Guatemala, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica form the Confederation of the United Provinces of Central America.
1863: The Union army takes heavy losses on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, considered the pivotal battle in the American Civil War.
1867: The British North America Act, passed by the British Parliament, goes into effect, joining four North American colonies in the Dominion of Canada.
1898: Theodore Roosevelt leads a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders in their charge on San Juan Hill in Cuba at the beginning of the Spanish-American War.
1997: At the end of its 99-year lease on the territory, Britain returns Hong Kong to Chinese control.
1823: The former Spanish colonies of Guatemala, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica form the Confederation of the United Provinces of Central America.
1863: The Union army takes heavy losses on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, considered the pivotal battle in the American Civil War.
1867: The British North America Act, passed by the British Parliament, goes into effect, joining four North American colonies in the Dominion of Canada.
1898: Theodore Roosevelt leads a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders in their charge on San Juan Hill in Cuba at the beginning of the Spanish-American War.
1997: At the end of its 99-year lease on the territory, Britain returns Hong Kong to Chinese control.
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July 2nd
1881: President James A. Garfield, waiting for a train in Washington, D.C., is shot by Charles Guiteau, a frustrated office-seeker. Garfield dies of his wounds on September 19.
1889: To regulate commercial trusts and monopolies, Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act, which outlaws any "combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade."
1903: Ed Delahanty, one of the great hitters of baseball's early years, dies at age 35 when he is swept into Niagara Falls after being removed from a train for threatening other passengers.
1937: Pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick J. Noonan disappear without a trace in the South Pacific while attempting to fly around the world.
1961: Writer Ernest Hemingway commits suicide in Ketchum, Idaho, at the age of 61.
1964: President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits segregation and discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, or national origin.
1881: President James A. Garfield, waiting for a train in Washington, D.C., is shot by Charles Guiteau, a frustrated office-seeker. Garfield dies of his wounds on September 19.
1889: To regulate commercial trusts and monopolies, Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act, which outlaws any "combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade."
1903: Ed Delahanty, one of the great hitters of baseball's early years, dies at age 35 when he is swept into Niagara Falls after being removed from a train for threatening other passengers.
1937: Pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick J. Noonan disappear without a trace in the South Pacific while attempting to fly around the world.
1961: Writer Ernest Hemingway commits suicide in Ketchum, Idaho, at the age of 61.
1964: President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits segregation and discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, or national origin.
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July 3rd
1608: French explorer Samuel de Champlain establishes the first permanent European settlement in Canada, a trading post along the St. Lawrence River that becomes the city of Québec.
1775: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army of the American colonies at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1819: The first savings bank in the United States opens: the Bank for Savings in New York City.
1863: A Confederate charge led by General George E. Pickett fails to break the Union line in the Battle of Gettysburg, sealing a Union victory and turning the tide of the Civil War.
1962: After a long and brutal colonial war and a vote by Algerians for independence, French president Charles de Gaulle proclaims the independence of Algeria from France.
1971: American rock singer Jim Morrison, leader of the Doors, dies in Paris of a drug overdose.
1608: French explorer Samuel de Champlain establishes the first permanent European settlement in Canada, a trading post along the St. Lawrence River that becomes the city of Québec.
1775: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army of the American colonies at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1819: The first savings bank in the United States opens: the Bank for Savings in New York City.
1863: A Confederate charge led by General George E. Pickett fails to break the Union line in the Battle of Gettysburg, sealing a Union victory and turning the tide of the Civil War.
1962: After a long and brutal colonial war and a vote by Algerians for independence, French president Charles de Gaulle proclaims the independence of Algeria from France.
1971: American rock singer Jim Morrison, leader of the Doors, dies in Paris of a drug overdose.
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July 4th
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1776: The American Continental Congress votes to approve the Declaration of Independence, in which the American colonies proclaim their separation from Britain.
1826: Fifty years to the day after the approval of the Declaration of Independence, which they both had a hand in drafting, former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day.
1845: Writer Henry David Thoreau moves to a small hut by Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lives alone for two years, writing a journal that is published as Walden in 1854.
1910: In Reno, Nevada, Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, knocks out Jim Jefferies, who had retired in 1905 rather than face him. Afterwards, films of the fight are banned in many U.S. cities.
1934: Chemist Marie Curie, who discovered radium, dies of leukemia, a disease caused by prolonged exposure to radiation during her research.
1976: A midnight Israeli commando raid at Entebbe airport in Uganda, planned by future prime minister Ehud Barak, frees more than 100 hostages from an airliner hijacked by pro-Palestinian guerrillas.
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1776: The American Continental Congress votes to approve the Declaration of Independence, in which the American colonies proclaim their separation from Britain.
1826: Fifty years to the day after the approval of the Declaration of Independence, which they both had a hand in drafting, former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day.
1845: Writer Henry David Thoreau moves to a small hut by Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lives alone for two years, writing a journal that is published as Walden in 1854.
1910: In Reno, Nevada, Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, knocks out Jim Jefferies, who had retired in 1905 rather than face him. Afterwards, films of the fight are banned in many U.S. cities.
1934: Chemist Marie Curie, who discovered radium, dies of leukemia, a disease caused by prolonged exposure to radiation during her research.
1976: A midnight Israeli commando raid at Entebbe airport in Uganda, planned by future prime minister Ehud Barak, frees more than 100 hostages from an airliner hijacked by pro-Palestinian guerrillas.
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July 5th
1811: Venezuela declares its independence from Spain under the leadership of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda.
1865: Methodist minister William Booth founds the Christian Mission in London, an evangelical and social-welfare ministry that becomes the Salvation Army in 1878.
1932: António de Oliveira Salazar becomes prime minister of Portugal, a country he rules as a dictator for the next 36 years.
1811: Venezuela declares its independence from Spain under the leadership of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda.
1947: Outfielder Larry Doby debuts for the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in baseball's American League. Three months earlier, Jackie Robinson joined the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers.
1948: The British government adopts the National Health Service Act, which establishes a national system of publicly funded medical services.
1954: Nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley has his first recording session at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. The session produces Presley's rendition of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right."
1811: Venezuela declares its independence from Spain under the leadership of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda.
1865: Methodist minister William Booth founds the Christian Mission in London, an evangelical and social-welfare ministry that becomes the Salvation Army in 1878.
1932: António de Oliveira Salazar becomes prime minister of Portugal, a country he rules as a dictator for the next 36 years.
1811: Venezuela declares its independence from Spain under the leadership of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda.
1947: Outfielder Larry Doby debuts for the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in baseball's American League. Three months earlier, Jackie Robinson joined the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers.
1948: The British government adopts the National Health Service Act, which establishes a national system of publicly funded medical services.
1954: Nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley has his first recording session at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. The session produces Presley's rendition of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right."
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July 6th
1415: Religious reformer Jan Hus is burned at the stake as a heretic by the Catholic Church.
1699: Pirate captain William Kidd is arrested in Boston. Sent to trial in England, he is convicted and hanged two years later.
1854: The Republican Party is founded as an antislavery party by former members of the Whig, Democratic, Free Soil, and Know Nothing parties.
1885: French biologist Louis Pasteur uses his newly developed vaccine against rabies to save the life of a young boy, Joseph Meister, who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1917: Arab forces rebelling against the Ottoman Empire capture the port of Al 'Aqabah with the help of British adventurer T. E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia.
1957: tennis player Althea Gibson becomes the first African American to win the Wimbledon championship. She wins the U.S. Open later that year and repeats the performance in 1958.
1415: Religious reformer Jan Hus is burned at the stake as a heretic by the Catholic Church.
1699: Pirate captain William Kidd is arrested in Boston. Sent to trial in England, he is convicted and hanged two years later.
1854: The Republican Party is founded as an antislavery party by former members of the Whig, Democratic, Free Soil, and Know Nothing parties.
1885: French biologist Louis Pasteur uses his newly developed vaccine against rabies to save the life of a young boy, Joseph Meister, who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1917: Arab forces rebelling against the Ottoman Empire capture the port of Al 'Aqabah with the help of British adventurer T. E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia.
1957: tennis player Althea Gibson becomes the first African American to win the Wimbledon championship. She wins the U.S. Open later that year and repeats the performance in 1958.
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July 7th
1704: Stanislaw Leszczynski is elected king of Poland as Stanislaw I, at King Charles XII of Sweden's instigation, after the deposition of Augustus II the Strong in January.
1754: King's College opens in New York City under a grant from King George II. After the American Revolution it will be renamed Columbia University.
1946: Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini is canonized, becoming the first U.S. citizen to become a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
1969: The Canadian government, led by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, designates English and French as the official languages of the country.
1981: President Ronald Reagan nominates Arizona judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1987: Former National Security Council aide Oliver North begins his televised testimony in the Iran-Contra hearings, testifying that he took no action that was not approved by his superiors.
1704: Stanislaw Leszczynski is elected king of Poland as Stanislaw I, at King Charles XII of Sweden's instigation, after the deposition of Augustus II the Strong in January.
1754: King's College opens in New York City under a grant from King George II. After the American Revolution it will be renamed Columbia University.
1946: Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini is canonized, becoming the first U.S. citizen to become a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
1969: The Canadian government, led by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, designates English and French as the official languages of the country.
1981: President Ronald Reagan nominates Arizona judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1987: Former National Security Council aide Oliver North begins his televised testimony in the Iran-Contra hearings, testifying that he took no action that was not approved by his superiors.
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July 8th
1822: English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowns at age 29 while sailing in a storm off the coast of Italy.
1835: The Liberty Bell cracks in Philadelphia while tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall, who died July 6.
1853: Four U.S. ships led by Commodore Matthew Perry enter Tokyo Bay to establish relations with Japan, which had been closed to outsiders since the 17th century.
1871: The first in a series of articles in the New York Times appears exposing the systematic graft practiced in New York City by the Tweed Ring, led by politician William Marcy “Boss” Tweed.
1889: The first issue of the Wall Street Journal appears.
1951: The city of Paris, France, celebrates the 2,000th anniversary of its founding.
1822: English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowns at age 29 while sailing in a storm off the coast of Italy.
1835: The Liberty Bell cracks in Philadelphia while tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall, who died July 6.
1853: Four U.S. ships led by Commodore Matthew Perry enter Tokyo Bay to establish relations with Japan, which had been closed to outsiders since the 17th century.
1871: The first in a series of articles in the New York Times appears exposing the systematic graft practiced in New York City by the Tweed Ring, led by politician William Marcy “Boss” Tweed.
1889: The first issue of the Wall Street Journal appears.
1951: The city of Paris, France, celebrates the 2,000th anniversary of its founding.
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July 9th
1816: Delegates from colonies in southern South America declare their independence from Spain as the United Provinces of South America, later known as Argentina.
1850: U.S. president Zachary Taylor dies after an attack of food poisoning five days earlier. He will be succeeded by Vice President Millard Fillmore.
1900: Queen Victoria of Great Britain gives the royal assent to the Australian Federation Bill, establishing an autonomous Commonwealth of Australia on January 1, 1901.
1924: The Democratic Party convention takes over 100 ballots to nominate a compromise candidate, John W. Davis, a lawyer and former ambassador, for president against incumbent Calvin Coolidge.
1967: American Leonard Bernstein conducts a concert with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate Israel's victory in the Six-Day War.
1992: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton chooses Tennessee senator Al Gore to be his running mate.
1816: Delegates from colonies in southern South America declare their independence from Spain as the United Provinces of South America, later known as Argentina.
1850: U.S. president Zachary Taylor dies after an attack of food poisoning five days earlier. He will be succeeded by Vice President Millard Fillmore.
1900: Queen Victoria of Great Britain gives the royal assent to the Australian Federation Bill, establishing an autonomous Commonwealth of Australia on January 1, 1901.
1924: The Democratic Party convention takes over 100 ballots to nominate a compromise candidate, John W. Davis, a lawyer and former ambassador, for president against incumbent Calvin Coolidge.
1967: American Leonard Bernstein conducts a concert with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate Israel's victory in the Six-Day War.
1992: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton chooses Tennessee senator Al Gore to be his running mate.
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July 10th
1890: Wyoming is admitted to the Union as the 44th state.
1892: The violent strike of steelworkers at Carnegie Steel's Homestead works ends when the state militia disperses the strikers. Four days earlier, company guards had shot into the picketers, starting a riot.
1913: The National Weather Service records a temperature of 57°C (134° F) in California's Death Valley, the highest temperature ever measured in the United States.
1925: The so-called Monkey Trial of teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution begins in Dayton, Tennessee. The trial matches nationally famous lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan.
1953: Four months after the death of Joseph Stalin, Soviet leaders arrest Lavrenty Beria, his longtime head of security. Beria is executed later that year for treason.
1999: After playing to a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime, the U.S. women's soccer team defeats China in a shootout, 5 goals to 4, to win their second World Cup.
1890: Wyoming is admitted to the Union as the 44th state.
1892: The violent strike of steelworkers at Carnegie Steel's Homestead works ends when the state militia disperses the strikers. Four days earlier, company guards had shot into the picketers, starting a riot.
1913: The National Weather Service records a temperature of 57°C (134° F) in California's Death Valley, the highest temperature ever measured in the United States.
1925: The so-called Monkey Trial of teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution begins in Dayton, Tennessee. The trial matches nationally famous lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan.
1953: Four months after the death of Joseph Stalin, Soviet leaders arrest Lavrenty Beria, his longtime head of security. Beria is executed later that year for treason.
1999: After playing to a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime, the U.S. women's soccer team defeats China in a shootout, 5 goals to 4, to win their second World Cup.
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July 11th
1766: Olaudah Equiano, author of one of the first autobiographical slave narratives, buys his freedom from slavery in the West Indies.
1804: Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr shoots his political rival Alexander Hamilton, the former treasury secretary, in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton dies the next day.
1905: W. E. B. Du Bois, Monroe Trotter, and other prominent African Americans meet in Niagara Falls to found the Niagara Movement to demand full citizenship rights for African Americans.
1979: Skylab, the first American space station, reenters the Earth's atmosphere after over six years in space, disintegrating over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
1987: The world population reaches 5 billion, double the number of people on the planet in 1950.
1996: The UN War Crimes Tribunal issues international arrest warrants for Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. The tribunal indicted the two on charges of war crimes and genocide in 1995.
1766: Olaudah Equiano, author of one of the first autobiographical slave narratives, buys his freedom from slavery in the West Indies.
1804: Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr shoots his political rival Alexander Hamilton, the former treasury secretary, in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton dies the next day.
1905: W. E. B. Du Bois, Monroe Trotter, and other prominent African Americans meet in Niagara Falls to found the Niagara Movement to demand full citizenship rights for African Americans.
1979: Skylab, the first American space station, reenters the Earth's atmosphere after over six years in space, disintegrating over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
1987: The world population reaches 5 billion, double the number of people on the planet in 1950.
1996: The UN War Crimes Tribunal issues international arrest warrants for Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. The tribunal indicted the two on charges of war crimes and genocide in 1995.