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On June 22, 1933, Germany became a one political party country when Hitler banned parties other than the Nazis...
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On June 23, 1757, Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal...
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On June 24, 1844, Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber...
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On June 25, 1867, Lucien B. Smith patented the first barbed wire...
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On June 26, 1819, the bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr...
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On June 27, 1693, "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."
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On June 28, 1911, Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City....
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On June 29, 1804, Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50...
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On June 30, 1913, fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War...
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On July 1, 1862, the U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue...
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On July 2, 1566, French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died...
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On July 3, 1790, in Paris, the marquis of Condorcet proposed granting civil rights to women...
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On July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY...
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On July 5, 1814, U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeated a superior British force at Chippewa, Canada...
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On July 6, 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks...
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On July 7, 1920, a device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA...
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July 7, 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.
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On July 8, 1693, uniforms for police in New York City were authorized...
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On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago...
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On July 10, 1747, Persian ruler Nadir Shah was assassinated at Fathabad in Persia...
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This is also the anniversary of the first day of the Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925. As well as the introduction of the bikini.
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On July 11, 1786, Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000...
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On July 12, 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr...
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On July 13, 1099, the Crusaders launched their final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem...
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On July 14, 1430, Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais...
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On July 15, 1685, the Duke of Monmouth was executed in Tower Hill in England, after his army was defeated at Sedgemore...
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On July 16, 1791, Louis XVI was suspended from office until he agreed to ratify the constitution...
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On July 17, 1762, Peter III of Russia was murdered. Catherine II the Great took the throne...
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On July 18, 1830, Uruguay adopted a liberal constitution...
Also, on July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, held in honor of the "Boiler Room Girls." This affectionate name was given to the six young women who had been vital to the late Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign and who had subsequently closed up his files and campaign office after his assassination. Besides Kopechne, the other women, all single, were Susan Tannenbaum, Maryellen Lyons, Ann Lyons, Rosemary (Cricket) Keough, and Esther Newberg. The men in attendance, all married but present without their wives, were Ted Kennedy, Joe Gargan, U.S. Attorney Paul Markham, Charles Tretter, Raymond La Rosa, and John Crimmins. The festivity was held at Lawrence Cottage, rented for the occasion by Gargan, Kennedy's cousin and lawyer. The 12 attendees gathered at the cottage after two Kennedy boats raced in the Edgartown Regatta earlier in the day. Kopechne left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Kennedy after he allegedly offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to the Katama Shores Motor Inn in Edgartown where she was staying. She drowned after the car she was riding in left a bridge and plunged into the waters of Poucha Pond. |
On July 19, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt...
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On July 20, 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as a Canadian province...
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On July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established...
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On July 22, 1587, a second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances...
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On July 24, 1849, Georgetown University in Washington, DC. presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman...
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On July 25, 1587, Japanese strong-man Hideyoshi banned Christianity in Japan and ordered all Christians to leave...
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On July 26, 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that created an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI...
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On July 27, 1663, the British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, which required all goods bound for the colonies be sent in British ships from British ports...
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On July 28, 1865, the American Dental Association proposed its first code of ethics...
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On July 29, 1588, the English defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines...
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