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uncle phil · 07-21-2011, 03:07 AM

Also on July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established...

Tully Mars · 07-22-2011, 01:24 AM

On July 22nd in 1934, a man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater.

uncle phil · 07-22-2011, 02:34 AM

Also on July 22, 1926, Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet...

Tully Mars · 07-23-2011, 02:31 AM

On July 23rd in 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.

uncle phil · 07-23-2011, 03:15 AM

Also on July 23, 1904, the ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO...

Tully Mars · 07-24-2011, 01:44 AM

On July 24th in 1959, during a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon got into a “kitchen debate” with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at a United States exhibition.

uncle phil · 07-24-2011, 03:09 AM

Also on July 24, 1948, Soviet occupation forces in Germany blockaded West Berlin. The U.S.-British airlift began the following day...

Tully Mars · 07-25-2011, 01:47 AM

On July 25th in 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, killing 51 people

uncle phil · 07-25-2011, 02:13 AM

Also on July 25, 1861, the Crittenden Resolution, which called for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, was passed by the U.S. Congress...

prudence12 · 07-25-2011, 09:34 AM

On June 12, 1898 the Philippines got its independence.

uncle phil · 07-25-2011, 12:12 PM

uncle phil · 07-26-2011, 02:15 AM

On July 26, 1881, Thomas Edison and Patrick Kenny execute a patent application for a facsimile telegraph (U.S. Pat. 479,184)...

Tully Mars · 07-26-2011, 03:53 AM

Also on July 26th in 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

uncle phil · 07-27-2011, 02:09 AM

On July 27, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson sent an additional 5,000 advisers to South Vietnam...

Tully Mars · 07-27-2011, 03:16 AM

Also on July 27th in 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.

Tully Mars · 07-28-2011, 12:44 AM

On July 28th in 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.

uncle phil · 07-28-2011, 03:08 AM

Also on July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building. 14 people were killed and 26 were injured...

Tully Mars · 07-29-2011, 01:58 AM

On July 29th in 1981, Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

uncle phil · 07-29-2011, 02:01 AM

Also on July 29, 1914, the first transcontinental telephone service was inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York, NY and San Francisco, CA...

uncle phil · 07-30-2011, 02:10 AM

On July 30, 1974, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power...

Tully Mars · 07-30-2011, 02:28 AM

Also on July 30th in 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.

You can get a quick history lesson on this by watching the movie "Jaws."

Lindy · 07-30-2011, 10:10 AM

And in Mexico, on July 30th 2003, the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled of the assembly line.

Tully Mars · 07-31-2011, 02:16 AM

On July 31st in 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the moon’s surface.

uncle phil · 07-31-2011, 03:24 AM

Also on July 31, 1792, the cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building...

07-21-2011, 03:07 AM	#2641 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 21, 1930, the Veterans’ Administration of the United States was established... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-22-2011, 01:24 AM	#2642 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 22nd in 1934, a man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-22-2011, 02:34 AM	#2643 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 22, 1926, Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-23-2011, 02:31 AM	#2644 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 23rd in 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-23-2011, 03:15 AM	#2645 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 23, 1904, the ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-24-2011, 01:44 AM	#2646 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 24th in 1959, during a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon got into a “kitchen debate” with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at a United States exhibition. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-24-2011, 03:09 AM	#2647 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 24, 1948, Soviet occupation forces in Germany blockaded West Berlin. The U.S.-British airlift began the following day... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-25-2011, 01:47 AM	#2648 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 25th in 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, killing 51 people __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-25-2011, 02:13 AM	#2649 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 25, 1861, the Crittenden Resolution, which called for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, was passed by the U.S. Congress... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-25-2011, 09:34 AM	#2650 (permalink)
prudence12 Upright	On June 12, 1898 the Philippines got its independence.

07-25-2011, 12:12 PM	#2651 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	__________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-26-2011, 02:15 AM	#2652 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 26, 1881, Thomas Edison and Patrick Kenny execute a patent application for a facsimile telegraph (U.S. Pat. 479,184)... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-26-2011, 03:53 AM	#2653 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 26th in 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-27-2011, 02:09 AM	#2654 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 27, 1964, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson sent an additional 5,000 advisers to South Vietnam... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-27-2011, 03:16 AM	#2655 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 27th in 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-28-2011, 12:44 AM	#2656 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 28th in 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-28-2011, 03:08 AM	#2657 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building. 14 people were killed and 26 were injured... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-29-2011, 01:58 AM	#2658 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 29th in 1981, Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-29-2011, 02:01 AM	#2659 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 29, 1914, the first transcontinental telephone service was inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York, NY and San Francisco, CA... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-30-2011, 02:10 AM	#2660 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 30, 1974, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-30-2011, 02:28 AM	#2661 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Also on July 30th in 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters. You can get a quick history lesson on this by watching the movie "Jaws." __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-30-2011, 10:10 AM	#2662 (permalink)
Lindy Junkie	And in Mexico, on July 30th 2003, the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled of the assembly line.

07-31-2011, 02:16 AM	#2663 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	On July 31st in 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the moon’s surface. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

07-31-2011, 03:24 AM	#2664 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Also on July 31, 1792, the cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.