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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:13 pm
1775- Commander in chief George Washington Took command of the continental army at Cambridge, Mass.
1863- The battle of Gettysburg ended
1890- Idaho became the 43rd U.S. state
1962- Jackie robinson Became the 1st African-American to be induced into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:05 pm
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July 5
1811
Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
1865
William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England.
1946
Larry Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first African American player in the American League.
1946
The bikini swimsuit made its debut at a Paris fashion show.
1954
Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right," his first commercial record.
1975
Cape Verde became independent after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
1975
Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors.
1996
Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.
2002
Baseball great Ted Williams died.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:07 pm
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This is yesterdays, as in 6 minutes ago.
July 4
1776
The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.
1826
Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
1831
Former president James Monroe died.
1845
Henry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.
1862
Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.
1884
The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.
1895
Katharine Lee Bates published America the Beautiful.
1939
Lou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell at Yankee Stadium.
1976
The United States celebrated its bicentennial.
1997
The U.S. Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:57 am
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July 7
1456
Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc.
1846
Commodore John D. Sloat occupied Monterey and declared California annexed to the United States.
1898
The United States annexed Hawaii.
1946
Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint.
1981
President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor for the Supreme Court.
2005
52 people were killed and hundreds injured in London when terrorists bombed subways and a bus
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:33 am
1776
The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was given in Philadelphia, Pa.
1777
Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery.
1889
The Wall Street Journal began publication.
1950
General Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces in Korea.
1958
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the first official gold album. It was for the Oklahoma soundtrack.
1986
Kurt Waldheim was inaugurated as president of Austria.
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:25 am
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July 9
1816
Argentina formally declared independence from Spain.
1850
Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the U.S., died after only 16 months in office.
1872
The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Me.
1896
William Jennings Bryan delivered his "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention.
1900
The British Parliament proclaimed that as of Jan. 1, 1901, the six Australian colonies would be united at the Commonwealth of Australia.
1974
Former U.S. chief justice Earl Warren died in Washington, DC.
1997
Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ear.
2002
Baseball's All-Star Game ended in a tie after 11 innings. Both sides had run out of pitchers.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:29 pm
[cookie.]
 July 10 1890 Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States. 1940 The Battle of Britain began. 1951 Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong. 1973 The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain. 1985
The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic.1989 Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices,” including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles. 1991 President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa. 1991 Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as Russia's first elected president. 1995 Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest. 2003 Spain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492. 1985, babehhhh~
[cookie.]
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:21 pm
July 11th
1533- Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII
1814- Former vice president Aaron Burr fatally wounded former secretary of the treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton died the following afternoon.
1864- Confederate general Jubal A. Early and his troops attacked Washington, DC. They retreated the next day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the capital
1914- made his major league baseball debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
1977- Martin Luthur King Jr. was given the Medal of Freedom for his work to advance Civil Rights
1995- The United States and Vietnam established full diplomatic relations
2008- HellBoy 2 was released in theatres
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:05 pm
July 12th-17. Oops sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:10 pm
July 18th
64 AD- A great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them
1925- The first volume of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was published
1936- The Spanish Civil War began
1947- President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act
1976- 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympics and went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals
1999- New York Yankee David Cone pitched the 16th perfect game in baseball history
2008- Batman: Dark Knight Opened in the
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:27 pm
July 19th
1848- The first women's rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, New York.
1870- The Franco-Prussian war began
1941- Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign.
1966- Fifty year-old singer Frank Sinatra married 21-year-old actress Mia Farrow
1984- Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman nominated for the vice-presidency by a major political party
1933- President Clinton announced the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:28 pm
July 20th
1810- Colombia declared independence from Spain
1881- Fugitive Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull surrendered to federal troops
1951- King Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated
1960- Sirima Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) became the world's first woman prime minister
1969- Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon
1985- Treasure hunters found the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the coast of Key West, Fla., in 1622 during a hurricane. The ship contained over 400 million in coins and silver ingots
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:13 pm
July 21st
1861- Confederate forces won victory at Bull Run in the first major battle of the Civil War
1873- The first train robbery west of the Mississippi was pulled off by Jesse James and his gang
1925- In the "Monkey Trial," John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee state law by teaching evolution.
1949- The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.
1970- The Aswan High Dam was opened in Egypt.
1998- Astronaut Alan Shepard died
2002- WorldCom filed for bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:44 pm
July22 ?
July 23rd
2008- Offbeat Ninja got a 5-0 victory against Messy in DOA 4, but lost the 6th match, giving the final point to Team Sanyo in the Championship Gaming Series.
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