Rainshard500 wrote:oh im sorry when did the Titanic sink. Oh yes APRIL
danny wrote:pfft. all the important things in history happened in june. basically d-day. and i was born as the men were crossing the channel WOOT
Well if ya both wanna get THAT technical...
July 1, 1997-Hong Kong returned to China
July 2, 1964-Lyndon Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
July 3, 1863-The Battle of Gettysburg ends
July 4, 1776-The U.S. Declares Independence
July 5, 1996-First successful cloning of a mammal
July 6, 1942-The Frank family takes refuge (as in The Diary of Anne Frank, who was 13)
July 7, 1930-Building of Hoover Dam begins
July 8, 1960-Pilot Francis Gary Powers charged with espionage
July 9, 1877-Wimbledon tournament begins
July 10, 1925-Scopes Monkey Trial begins
July 11, 1804-Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel
July 12, 1984-Ferraro named Vice Presidential candidate
July 13, 1985-Live Aid Concert
July 14, 1789-French revolutionaries storm the Bastille
July 15, 1971-Nixon announces visit to communist China
July 16, 1945-Atom bomb successfully tested
July 17, 1955-Disneyland opens
July 18, 1986-Video of Titanic wreckage released
July 19, 1799-Rosetta Stone found
July 20, 1969-Armstrong walks on the moon
July 21, 1861-The First Battle of Bull Run
July 22, 1934-John Dillinger gunned down
July 23, 1984-Miss America resigns
July 24, 1911-Machu Picchu discovered
July 25, 1965-Bob Dylan appears at Newport Folk Fest
July 26, 1775-U.S. Postal System established
July 27, 1949-First jet makes test flight
July 28, 1868-14th Amendment adopted (post-Civil War Amendment intended to secure rights for former slaves)
July 29, 1958-NASA created
July 30, 1945-U.S.S. Indianapolis bombed
July 31, 1975-Jimmy Hoffa disappears