MONDAY, JULY 1, 2019

1535 — Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason

1690 — Army of England’s Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of the Boyne in Ireland

1776 — First vote on the Declaration of Independence

1823 — United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico

1859 — First intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32

1862 — Congress outlaws polygamy

1867 — Dominion of Canada formed (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario)

1910 — Union of South Africa becomes a dominion

1934 — 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY

1944 — Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing the International Monetary Fund (IMF ) and World Bank