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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012

Today is Thursday, July 19, the 201st day of 2012. There are 165 days left in the year. 2781 B.C. ― Presumed start of Egyptian calendar 1848 ― First women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, N.Y.) 1877 ― First Wimbledon tennis championships held 1939 ― First use of fiberglass sutures, R.P. Scholz, St. Louis, Mo. 1941 ― British P.M. Winston Churchill launched his ``V for Victory" campaign 1957 ― First rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nev. 1961 ― First in-flight movie shown (TWA) 1975 ― Apollo & Soyuz linked in orbit for two days, separate 1976 ― Rock group Deep Purple disbands 1980 ― 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott

Jul 18, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012

Today is Wednesday, July 18, the 200th day of 2012. There are 166 days left in the year. 64 ― Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle) 1536 ― Pope's authority declared void in England 1872 ― Britain introduces secret ballot voting 1936 ― Spanish Civil War begins, Gen. Francisco Franco led uprising 1940 ― First successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Conn. 1955 ― First electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially 1966 ― Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old 1978 ― Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting 1980 ― Rohini 1, first Indian satellite, launches into orbit 1986 ― Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains

Jul 17, 2012

TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012

Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 199th day of 2012. There are 167 days left in the year. 1841 ― British humor magazine ``Punch" first published 1850 ― Harvard Observatory takes first photograph of a star (Vega) 1861 ― Congress authorizes paper money 1945 ― Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds first meeting 1948 ― Proclamation of the constitution of the Republic of Korea 1955 ― Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County, Calif. 1959 ― Tibet abolishes serfdom 1967 ― Monkees perform at Forest Hills, N.Y., Jimi Hendrix is opening act 1968 ― Beatle's animated film ``Yellow Submarine" premiers in London 1975 ― Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make first U.S.-USSR linkup in space

Jul 16, 2012

MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012

Today is Monday, July 16, the 198th day of 2012. There are 168 days left in the year. 463 ― Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius 622 ― Origin of the Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 A.H.) 1212 ― Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain 1439 ― Kissing is banned in England 1894 ― Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England 1945 ― First atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, N.M. 1969 ― Apollo 11, carrying first men to land on the moon, launched 1981 ― Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously 1988 ― Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1990 ― NYC's Empire State Building catches fire; no fatalities

Jul 15, 2012

SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2012

Today is Saturday, July 14, the 196th day of 2012. There are 170 days left in the year. 1789 ― Bastille Day; citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison 1850 ― First public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration 1853 ― Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan 1853 ― President Franklin Pierce opens first industrial exposition (N.Y.) 1865 ― First ascent of Matterhorn 1914 ― First patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr. R. Goddard) 1951 ― First color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) 1959 ― First atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy, Mass. 1987 ― Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law 1989 ― The 16th James Bond movies ``License to Kill" premiers

Jul 13, 2012

FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012

Today is Friday, July 13, the 195th day of 2012. There are 171 days left in the year. 432 B.C. ― Origin of Metonic Cycle 1898 ― Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio 1908 ― Fourth modern Olympic Games opens in London 1917 ― Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal 1934 ― Babe Ruth hits 700th homerun against Detroit 1960 ― Democratic National convention nominates Sen. John F. Kennedy for president 1978 ― Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to eight years 1978 ― BBC bans Sex Pistols ``No One is Innocent" 1978 ― Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor president by Chairman Henry Ford II 1985 ― Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney

Jul 12, 2012

THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012

Today is Thursday, July 12, the 194th day of 2012. There are 172 days left in the year. 1543 ― England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (sixth & last wife) 1859 ― Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass. 1906 ― Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1914 ― Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox 1960 ― Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence 1962 ― First time two manned crafts in space (USSR) 1962 ― Rolling Stones first performance (Marquee Club, London) 1970 ― Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky 1984 ― Geraldine Ferraro, N.Y., became first woman major-party V.P. candidate 1985 ― Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Reagan's colon

Jul 11, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012

Today is Wednesday, July 11, 193rd day of 2012. There are 173 days left in the year. 1533 _ Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 1804 _ V.P. Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken 1921 _ Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) 1952 _ General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate 1969 _ David Bowie releases ``Space Oddity" 1974 _ House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry 1985 _ Astros' Nolan Ryan, first to strike out 4,000 (Mets' Danny Heep) 1988 _ Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor 1989 _ President Ronald Reagan sportscasts the All Star Game 1991 _ Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii

Jul 10, 2012

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012

Today is Tuesday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2012. There are 174 days left in the year. 1866 _ Indelible pencil patented by Edson P. Clark, Northampton, Mass. 1892 _ First concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio) 1923 _ All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy 1951 _ Armistice talks to end Korean War began at Gaeseong 1958 _ First parking meter installed in England (625 installed) 1962 _ Martin Luther King Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia 1965 _ ``Beatles’ VI" album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for six weeks 1965 _ Rolling Stones score their first No. 1with ``Can't Get No Satisfaction" 1972 _ Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest, India 1985 _ Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke

Jul 9, 2012

MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012

Today is Monday, July 9, the 191st day of 2012. There are 175 days left in the year. 1540 _ England's King Henry VIII’s six-month marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled 1595 _ Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe 1816 _ Argentina declares independence from Spain 1872 _ Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Maine 1893 _ Daniel H. Williams performs ``world's first successful heart operation" 1947 _ Britain's Princess Elizabeth & Lt. Philip Mountbatten's engagement 1951 _ President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1978 _ American Nazi Party, holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago 1978 _ Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington, D.C. for ERA 1982 _ Margaret Thatcher begins her second term as British prime minister

Jul 8, 2012

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