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MONDAY, JULY 18, 2011

Today is Monday, July 18, the 199th day of 2011. 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 1947 ― U.S. receives U.N. trusteeship over Pacific Islands 1966 ― Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old 1969 ― Mary Jo Kopechne and Sen. Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick Bridge 1972 ― 200,000 attend Mt. Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania 1974 ― World's tallest structure, 646-meter Polish radio mast, completed 1986 ― Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains

Jul 17, 2011

SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2011

Today is Saturday, July 16, the 197th day of 2011. There are 168 days left in the year. 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 1936 _ First x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, N.Y. 1945 _ First atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, N.M. 1951 _ Novel ``Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger published 1960 _ 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer 1962 _ NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1969 _ Apollo 11, carrying first men to land on the Moon, launched 1980 _ Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit

Jul 15, 2011

FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2011

Today is Friday, July 15, the 196th day of 2011. There are 169 days left in the year. 1662 _ Charles II grants charter to establish Royal Society in London 1815 _ Napoleon Bonaparte captured 1869 _ Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by French Navy 1876 _ Baseballs first no-hitter, St. Louis' George W. Bradley no-hits Hartford 1937 _ Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China 1954 _ First commercial jet transport plane built in U.S. tested (Boeing 707) 1965 _ U.S. scientists display close-up photos of Mars from Mariner IV 1971 _ President Nixon announces he would visit People's Republic of China 1987 _ John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings 1991 _ U.S. troops leave northern Iraq

Jul 14, 2011

THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011

Today is Thursday, July 14, the 195th day of 2011. There are 170 days left in the year. 1789 _ Bastille Day; citizens of Paris storm Bastille prison 1832 _ Opium exempted from federal tariff duty 1850 _ First public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration 1853 _ Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan 1865 _ First ascent of Matterhorn 1868 _ Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Conn. 1914 _ First patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr. R. Goddard) 1934 _ NY Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time 1958 _ Iraqi army overthrows monarchy; republic replaces Hashemite dynasty 1987 _ Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law

Jul 13, 2011

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011

Today is Wednesday, July 13, the 194th day of 2011. There are 171 days left in the year. 432 B.C. _ Origin of Metonic Cycle 1568 _ Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer 1793 _ French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday 1836 _ U.S. patent No.1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels 1868 _ Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lieutenant governor of Louisiana 1917 _ Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal 1960 _ Democratic National convention nominates Sen. John F. Kennedy for president 1978 _ Alexander Ginsburg sentenced by Soviet court to eight years 1984 _ Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m 1985 _ Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney

Jul 12, 2011

TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011

Today is Tuesday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2011. There are 172 days left in the year. 1290 _ Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I 1543 _ England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (sixth & last wife) 1817 _ First flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland) 1906 _ Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1928 _ First televised tennis match 1933 _ Congress passes first minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 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

Jul 11, 2011

MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011

Today is Monday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2011. There are 173 days left in the year. 1533 _ Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 1818 _ Keats writes ``In the Cottage Where Burns Was Born," ``Lines Written in the Highlands" and ``The Gadfly" 1921 _ Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) 1960 _ Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence 1962 _ Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) 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

Jul 10, 2011

SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011

Today is Saturday, July 9, the 190th day of 2011. 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 1853 ― Admiral Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan 1915 ― Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa 1947 ― Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten's engagement 1951 ― President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1976 ― Uganda asks U.N. to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe 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 minster

Jul 8, 2011

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011

Today is Friday, July 8, the 189th day of 2011. There are 176 days left in the year. 1776 ― Col. John Nixon gave first public reading of Declaration of Independence 1777 ― Vermont becomes first state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage 1870 ― Congress authorizes registration of trademarks 1889 ― Wall Street Journal begins publishing 1950 ― Gen. Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, U.N. forces in Korea 1950 ― Leroy Deans awarded first Order of Purple Heart in Korea 1967 ― Billie Jean King concludes Wimbledon sweep (singles, doubles & mix) 1969 ― U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam 1988 ― Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 1990 ― 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)

Jul 7, 2011

THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011

Today is Thursday, July 7, the 188th day of 2011. There are 177 days left in the year. 1768 ― Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel 1838 ― Central American federation is dissolved 1865 ― Four Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged 1891 ― Travelers cheque patented 1937 ― Japanese and Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II 1960 ― USSR shoots down a U.S. aircraft over Barents sea 1968 ― Rock group ``The Yardbirds" disband 1981 ― First solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel 1987 ― Lt. Colonel Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing 1988 ― Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)

Jul 6, 2011

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