Tag: July

July 30 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 30 History Highlights1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convened.1975 – Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. He was declared dead in 1982.July 30, 1980 Birthday (fictional) Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter #theheroofhogwartsIf you were born on July… Read More

July 31 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 31 History Highlights1790 – The United States Patent Office opened1792 – The cornerstone of the first US Federal Building was laid, the Philadelphia Mint1948 – Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) was dedicated.July 31, 1980 Birthday (fictional) Harry… Read More

July 29 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 29 History Highlights1945 – The USS Indiana was torpedoed and sank. Only 318 of 1,196 crewmen survived.1954 – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien was published.1958 – NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was established.If you were born on July 29th,You were likely conceived the week… Read More

July 28 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 28 History Highlights1540 – Thomas Cromwell was executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason.1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified.1973 – At the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the… Read More

July 27 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 27 History Highlights1886 – The Atlantic Telegraph Cable was laid between Ireland and Canada.1921 – Insulin was first isolated by Dr. Frederick Banting.1953 – The Korean War Armistice ended the Korean War.July 27, **** Birthday (fictional) Bugs Bunny, CartoonIf you were born on July 27th,You were likely conceived… Read More

July 26 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 26 History HighlightsJuly 26, 19** Birthday (fictional) Bert, Sesame Street1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department was established.July 26, 1910 – Krazy Kat 1st appearance in The Dingbat Family, Comic Strip debuted1942 – The US Army ordered ( Executive Order 9981)… Read More

July 25 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 25 History Highlights1909 – Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly over the English Channel between France and England.1956 – The Andrea Doria sank off Nantucket, MA. Although 1,660 passengers were rescued, 46 people were killed in the accident.1965 – Bob Dylan used an electric guitar at… Read More

July 24 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 24 History Highlights1866 – Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the American Civil War.1969 – After the successful Moon landing, Apollo 11 splashed down safely in the Pacific OceanJuly 24, 2004 (fiction) Judgment Day occurred in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,… Read More

July 23 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 23 History Highlights1827 – Francis Lieber, opened the first swimming school in the United States at the Boston Gymnasium.1962 – Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.1972 – The United States launched Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite… Read More

July 22 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 22 History Highlights1342 – The St. Mary Magdalene’s flood in central Europe killed thousands of people.1376 (?) The Pied Piper of Hamelin musically took the children from the town when they refused to pay a debt. It may have happened in 1284. It probably never happened.1587 – The… Read More

July 21 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 21 History Highlights1861 – Confederate troops defeated the Union at the (1st) Battle of Bull Run.1873 – Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang held the first successful train robbery in the American West.1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in class and… Read More

July 20 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 20 History Highlights1874 – A plague of locusts swarmed the American Midwest.1944 – Adolf Hitler survived a bombing assassination attempt.1968 – The Special Olympics was started.1969 – American Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.1969, Micheal Collins, one of the Apollo 11 astronauts, became… Read More

July 19 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 19 History Highlights1848 – Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls1863 – Suffering 1,515 casualties, the Union soldiers were defeated while trying to capture Fort Wagner in South Carolina.1909 – Baseball’s first unassisted Triple Play was achieved by shortstop Neal Ball.1982 – Geraldine Ferraro was nominated as the first… Read More

July 18 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 18 History Highlights1870 – The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility.1893 – The Chicago Golf Club, the first 18 hole golf club in the US, opened.1946 – In J. D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye, July 18, 1946, was the date that Holden… Read More

July 17 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 17 History Highlights1918 – Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.Disneyland was dedicated at an “International Press Preview” event held on Sunday, July 17, 1955, and opened to the public on July 18.1975 – The US Appolo 18 linked with… Read More

July 16 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 16 History Highlights622 – The beginning of the Islamic (354 day) calendar.1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States.1945 – The ‘Fat Boy’ atomic bomb was tested near Alamogordo, New Mexico.1969 – Apollo 11 was launched to the Moon.1994 – Comet… Read More

July 15 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 15 History Highlights70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his armies breached the walls of Jerusalem.1799 – The Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard.July 15, 1825 – Birthday (fictional) Rooster Cogburn, True Grit1870 – Georgia became the final former… Read More

July 14 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 14 History Highlights1789 – The start of the French Revolution (celebrated as Bastille Day today)1853 – America’s first major World’s Fair, The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, opened in New York City.The ‘Little’ Chicago Fire of 1874 burned down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812… Read More

July 13 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 13 History Highlights587 BC – Nebuchadnezzar II siege of Jerusalem ended following the destruction of Solomon’s Temple.1787 – The Continental Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory.1930 – The First World Cup was inaugerated at Montevideo, Uruguay.1985 – Live Aid was broadcast from… Read More

July 12 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 12 History Highlights1862 – The United States Congress authorizes the US Medal of Honor, the highest and most prestigious personal military decoration1930 – Bobby Jones won the first “Grand Slam of Golf” – US Open, British Open, British Amateur, US Amateur.1962 – The Rolling Stones performed together live… Read More

July 11 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 11 History Highlights1804 – Arron Burr (US Vice-President) and Alexander Hamilton had a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton was killed and Burr’s political plans ended.1914 – Babe Ruth made his debut in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.1979 – Skylab (82 tons) fell to Earth,… Read More

July 10 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 10 History HighlightsWhat what was the 44th US state? That would be Wyoming, joining July 10, 1890.1962 – Telstar was launched1991 – Boris Yeltsin took the oath as President of Russia.If you were born on July 10th,You were likely conceived the week of… October 17th (prior year)Nikola TeslaNikola… Read More

July 9 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 9 History Highlights1762 – Catherine the Great became Empress of Russia1868 – Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (regarding voting rights) was passed.1893 – The first open-heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale, in Chicago.July 9, 19** Birthday (fictional) Ray Palmer (The Atom), DC Comics1958 –… Read More

July 8 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 8 History Highlights1775 – Representatives from the colonies sent an “Olive Branch Petition” to avoid a complete break with England.July 8, 1865 Birthday (fictional) Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached the lowest… Read More

July 7 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 7 History Highlights1863 – The US had its first military draft. You could be exempted for $300.1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld held his first ‘Follies” on an NYC rooftop.1928 – The Chillicothe Baking Company began selling sliced bread.1930 – Construction of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam began.1954 – WHBQ… Read More

July 6 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 6 History Highlights1919 – The British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago’s Comiskey Park.1942 – Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the… Read More

July 5 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 5 History Highlights1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced.1946 – The Bikini debuted in Paris, France.1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.1996 – Dolly the sheep was born; she was the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.179 days… Read More

July 4 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 4 History HighlightsWhen Americans talk about the day they declared independence from Great Britain, they don’t say the actual date the American way (July 4th), they say it the British way (4th of July)July 4, 1918 Birthday (fictional) Steve Rogers,  Captain America, Marvel Comics, MCUJuly 4, 2032 (fiction)… Read More

July 3 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 3 History Highlights1608 – Quebec, Canada was founded by Samuel de Champlain. The name came from the Native American word “kebec” meaning ‘where the river narrows’1775 – George Washington took command of the Continental Army1819 – The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first(?) savings… Read More

July 2 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJuly 2 History Highlights1788 – The US Constitution went into effect1937 – Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappeared over the South Pacific Ocean1964 – The US Civil Right Act was signed into law2002 – Steve Fossett traveled around the world in a balloon, 19,400 miles between June 18 and… Read More