This day in history.....
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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.
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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.
Learn more about Newspapers.
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.
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July 12th
1906: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of treason in a case that divided French society at the turn of the century, is cleared of the charges. Soon after, he is awarded the Legion of Honor.
1974: Former Nixon White House adviser John D. Ehrlichman is convicted of a charge connected with his supervision of the "plumbers," a covert group aimed at stopping press leaks.
1984: Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman on a major-party presidential ticket in the U.S. when Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale chooses the New York congresswoman to be his running mate.
1990: Boris Yeltsin, chairman of the Russian congress of deputies, announces to a meeting of the Soviet Communist Party that he is resigning from the party.
1998: Led by two goals by midfielder Zinedine Zidane, host country France wins the soccer World Cup 3-0 over Brazil, the defending champion.
1906: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of treason in a case that divided French society at the turn of the century, is cleared of the charges. Soon after, he is awarded the Legion of Honor.
1974: Former Nixon White House adviser John D. Ehrlichman is convicted of a charge connected with his supervision of the "plumbers," a covert group aimed at stopping press leaks.
1984: Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman on a major-party presidential ticket in the U.S. when Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale chooses the New York congresswoman to be his running mate.
1990: Boris Yeltsin, chairman of the Russian congress of deputies, announces to a meeting of the Soviet Communist Party that he is resigning from the party.
1998: Led by two goals by midfielder Zinedine Zidane, host country France wins the soccer World Cup 3-0 over Brazil, the defending champion.
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July 13th
1863: Four days of rioting against the Civil War military draft begin in New York City. More than 1,000 people are killed, including many African Americans, who are attacked by rioters as the cause of the war.
1865: Edward Whymper, an English artist and pioneering mountaineer, becomes the first person to climb the Matterhorn, in the Alps. On the descent, four of his companions fall to their deaths.
1973: White House aide Alexander Butterfield reveals to members of the Senate Watergate committee the presence of a secret taping system installed in the White House by President Richard Nixon.
1977: At 9:34 PM, about 9 million people lose power in a blackout of the New York City metropolitan area. Over 3,000 people are arrested, most for looting, during the 25-hour electrical outage.
1863: Four days of rioting against the Civil War military draft begin in New York City. More than 1,000 people are killed, including many African Americans, who are attacked by rioters as the cause of the war.
1865: Edward Whymper, an English artist and pioneering mountaineer, becomes the first person to climb the Matterhorn, in the Alps. On the descent, four of his companions fall to their deaths.
1973: White House aide Alexander Butterfield reveals to members of the Senate Watergate committee the presence of a secret taping system installed in the White House by President Richard Nixon.
1977: At 9:34 PM, about 9 million people lose power in a blackout of the New York City metropolitan area. Over 3,000 people are arrested, most for looting, during the 25-hour electrical outage.
SouthernN'Proud
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Mare said:
Why those insensitive racists. Blaming the blacks for causing a war. Nothing could have been further from the truth. What a shame, all those people killed for nothing. Would you rather be dead in NYC or fed, clothed, housed in Atlanta?
highwayman
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Mare said:
Nine months later the hospitals experience a surge in births...
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July 15th
1149: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is dedicated at the site where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion.
1916: William Boeing and Conrad Westervelt found the Pacific Aero Products Company in Seattle. The following year they rename the company the Boeing Airplane Company.
1918: Near the Marne River in northeastern France, the second Battle of the Marne in World War I begins. The Allied victory in the three-week battle halts the German drive toward Paris.
1971: President Richard M. Nixon announces his plan to visit China as a step toward reopening relations with the country.
1979: In a nationally televised address that became known as the 'malaise speech' President Jimmy Carter announces steps to reduce the country's dependence on foreign energy supplies.
1149: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is dedicated at the site where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion.
1916: William Boeing and Conrad Westervelt found the Pacific Aero Products Company in Seattle. The following year they rename the company the Boeing Airplane Company.
1918: Near the Marne River in northeastern France, the second Battle of the Marne in World War I begins. The Allied victory in the three-week battle halts the German drive toward Paris.
1971: President Richard M. Nixon announces his plan to visit China as a step toward reopening relations with the country.
1979: In a nationally televised address that became known as the 'malaise speech' President Jimmy Carter announces steps to reduce the country's dependence on foreign energy supplies.
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July 16th
1917: A short-lived uprising led by the Bolsheviks against the Russian government begins. Its failure leads to the arrest of Leon Trotsky and the temporary exile of Vladimir Lenin.
1918: The Bolsheviks, who took power in Russia the previous fall, execute former tsar Nicholas II along with his family.
1945: The U.S. government conducts the first atomic explosion, code-named “Trinity,” near Alamogordo, New Mexico, less than a month before dropping similar devices on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
1951: J. D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye, panned the previous day in the New York Times, is published.
1964: In his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination for president, Arizona senator Barry Goldwater declares, "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
1988: At the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Florence Griffith Joyner runs the 100 meters in 10.49 seconds, shattering Evelyn Ashford's women's world record of 10.76.
1917: A short-lived uprising led by the Bolsheviks against the Russian government begins. Its failure leads to the arrest of Leon Trotsky and the temporary exile of Vladimir Lenin.
1918: The Bolsheviks, who took power in Russia the previous fall, execute former tsar Nicholas II along with his family.
1945: The U.S. government conducts the first atomic explosion, code-named “Trinity,” near Alamogordo, New Mexico, less than a month before dropping similar devices on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
1951: J. D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye, panned the previous day in the New York Times, is published.
1964: In his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination for president, Arizona senator Barry Goldwater declares, "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
1988: At the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Florence Griffith Joyner runs the 100 meters in 10.49 seconds, shattering Evelyn Ashford's women's world record of 10.76.
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July 18th
1453: The Hundred Years' War between England and France ends with the English defeat at the Battle of Castillon in France.
1941: After hitting in a record 56 consecutive games, Joe DiMaggio is held hitless by the Cleveland Indians. The next day, he begins another hitting streak of 16 games.
1945: Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet at the beginning of the Potsdam Conference, which will determine the details of the Allied occupation of Germany.
1948: The States' Rights Party, a group of southern Democrats who oppose the civil rights program of the Democratic Party, nominates South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond for president at their convention.
1955: Disneyland, created by Walt Disney, opens in Anaheim, California. It is the first theme park in the world.
1975: American and Soviet spacecraft link in space for the first time when the American Apollo spacecraft docks onto the Soviet Soyuz 19.
1979: As Sandinista rebels prepare to take over Nicaragua, dictator Anastasio Somoza flees the country, ending his family's 43-year reign in the country.
1453: The Hundred Years' War between England and France ends with the English defeat at the Battle of Castillon in France.
1941: After hitting in a record 56 consecutive games, Joe DiMaggio is held hitless by the Cleveland Indians. The next day, he begins another hitting streak of 16 games.
1945: Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet at the beginning of the Potsdam Conference, which will determine the details of the Allied occupation of Germany.
1948: The States' Rights Party, a group of southern Democrats who oppose the civil rights program of the Democratic Party, nominates South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond for president at their convention.
1955: Disneyland, created by Walt Disney, opens in Anaheim, California. It is the first theme park in the world.
1975: American and Soviet spacecraft link in space for the first time when the American Apollo spacecraft docks onto the Soviet Soyuz 19.
1979: As Sandinista rebels prepare to take over Nicaragua, dictator Anastasio Somoza flees the country, ending his family's 43-year reign in the country.
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July 18th
1863: Nearly half of the men in the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, one of the first black U.S. Army regiments, are killed or wounded in an assault on Confederate Fort Wagner in South Carolina.
1936: Led by generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola, a rebellion of the army against the Spanish Second Republic begins the Spanish Civil War.
1969: Senator Edward Kennedy drives his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. Although his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowns, he fails to report the accident until the following morning.
1999: Golfer Paul Lawrie wins the British Open despite beginning the last round 10 shots behind, after Jean Van de Velde blows a three-shot lead on the final hole.
64: Two-thirds of the city of Rome burns. The emperor Nero rebuilds the city afterward but remains unpopular and is driven from Rome four years later.
1863: Nearly half of the men in the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, one of the first black U.S. Army regiments, are killed or wounded in an assault on Confederate Fort Wagner in South Carolina.
1936: Led by generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola, a rebellion of the army against the Spanish Second Republic begins the Spanish Civil War.
1969: Senator Edward Kennedy drives his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. Although his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowns, he fails to report the accident until the following morning.
1999: Golfer Paul Lawrie wins the British Open despite beginning the last round 10 shots behind, after Jean Van de Velde blows a three-shot lead on the final hole.
64: Two-thirds of the city of Rome burns. The emperor Nero rebuilds the city afterward but remains unpopular and is driven from Rome four years later.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Mare said:
In case anybody cares, black soldiers who fought for the Confederacy were not assigned separate regimens. They fought side by side with everyone else. Thus they were not made cannon fodder like these poor souls were. Just another example of the repressive Confederacy I suppose.
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June 19th
1553: Fifteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey is deposed after a nine-day reign as queen of England. She is executed for treason the following year.
1799: French troops in Egypt discover the Rosetta Stone, a basalt slab inscribed with three ancient languages that allows researchers over 20 years later to translate the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.
1848: In Seneca Falls, New York, women's rights advocates Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton open the Seneca Falls Convention, which demands full citizenship rights for women.
1870: France declares war on Prussia to begin the Franco-Prussian War, which will result in the unification of Germany and the end of the reign of French emperor Napoleon III.
1988: Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson gives a dramatic speech at the Democratic National Convention, promising to "keep hope alive" after finishing second to Michael Dukakis for the party's nomination
1553: Fifteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey is deposed after a nine-day reign as queen of England. She is executed for treason the following year.
1799: French troops in Egypt discover the Rosetta Stone, a basalt slab inscribed with three ancient languages that allows researchers over 20 years later to translate the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.
1848: In Seneca Falls, New York, women's rights advocates Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton open the Seneca Falls Convention, which demands full citizenship rights for women.
1870: France declares war on Prussia to begin the Franco-Prussian War, which will result in the unification of Germany and the end of the reign of French emperor Napoleon III.
1988: Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson gives a dramatic speech at the Democratic National Convention, promising to "keep hope alive" after finishing second to Michael Dukakis for the party's nomination
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July 20th
1871: The province of British Columbia joins the Dominion of Canada.
1881: Sioux leader Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army under a promise of amnesty.
1944: A bomb meant to assassinate German dictator Adolf Hitler explodes at his headquarters, killing four. Hitler survives, and the senior military staff who conspired against him are executed.
1954: An agreement between France and the Vietminh forces led by Ho Chi Minh ends the First Indochina War. The agreement calls for a temporary partition of the country into North and South Vietnam.
1969: U.S. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin land on the Moon, where Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon's surface.
1989: The military regime of Myanmar puts Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition movement to restore democracy in the country, under house arrest.
1871: The province of British Columbia joins the Dominion of Canada.
1881: Sioux leader Sitting Bull surrenders to the U.S. Army under a promise of amnesty.
1944: A bomb meant to assassinate German dictator Adolf Hitler explodes at his headquarters, killing four. Hitler survives, and the senior military staff who conspired against him are executed.
1954: An agreement between France and the Vietminh forces led by Ho Chi Minh ends the First Indochina War. The agreement calls for a temporary partition of the country into North and South Vietnam.
1969: U.S. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin land on the Moon, where Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon's surface.
1989: The military regime of Myanmar puts Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition movement to restore democracy in the country, under house arrest.
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July 21st
1773: Pope Clement XIV dissolves the Jesuit order of priests. The ban remains in effect until 1814, when the Jesuits are revived by Pope Pius VII.
1861: Confederate general Thomas Jackson acquires his nickname "Stonewall" in the Confederate Army's convincing victory in the first Battle of Bull Run.
1925: A Tennessee jury finds high school teacher John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, and he is fined $100.
1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the first female prime minister in the world. She holds the position for the majority of the next two decades.
1970: Egypt completes the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, a major Soviet-funded project that creates Lake Nasser and provides much of the country's electrical power.
1773: Pope Clement XIV dissolves the Jesuit order of priests. The ban remains in effect until 1814, when the Jesuits are revived by Pope Pius VII.
1861: Confederate general Thomas Jackson acquires his nickname "Stonewall" in the Confederate Army's convincing victory in the first Battle of Bull Run.
1925: A Tennessee jury finds high school teacher John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, and he is fined $100.
1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the first female prime minister in the world. She holds the position for the majority of the next two decades.
1970: Egypt completes the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, a major Soviet-funded project that creates Lake Nasser and provides much of the country's electrical power.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Mare said:
Coincidentally, this is also the genesis (I am 99% certain) of the phrase Rebel Yell.