This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 05 1946 Bikini introduced On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Réard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Réard dubbed “bikini,” inspired by a news-making U.S. atomic test that took place off the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1978 “Gang of 19” activists occupy Denver intersection to protest inaccessibility on the city’s bus system   1990s 1994 Amazon is founded by Jeff Bezos   21st Century 2003 World Health Organization declares SARS contained worldwide   American Revolution 1775 Congress adopts Olive Branch Petition   Arts & Entertainment 1954 Elvis Presley records “That’s All Right (Mama)”   Asian History 1950 First U.S. fatality in the Korean War   Black History 1852 Frederick Douglass delivers his “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” speech   Crime 1921 Trial starts for Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing 1919 World Series    Inventions & Science 1996 Dolly the sheep becomes first successfully cloned mammal   Natural Disasters & Environment 1911 Heat wave strikes Northeast, killing hundreds   Sports 1975 Arthur Ashe becomes the first Black man to win Wimbledon   U.S. Presidents 1865 Andrew Johnson signs off on the execution of Lincoln assassination conspirators    World War I 1914 Germany gives Austria-Hungary “blank check” assurance

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 06 1957 Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson claims the women’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to win a championship at London’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, South Carolina, and raised in the Harlem section of... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1967 Civil war breaks out in Nigeria   American Revolution 1775 Congress issues a “Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms”   Arts & Entertainment 1957 John Lennon meets Paul McCartney for the first time 1994 “Forrest Gump” opens, winning Tom Hanks a second Oscar   Crime 1946 George “Bugs” Moran is arrested   Early 20th Century U.S. 1900 Warren Earp killed in Arizona 1944 Fire engulfs circus big top in Hartford, killing 167   Early U.S. 1785 Continental Congress sets the dollar as the official  U.S. currency   Holocaust 1942 Anne Frank’s family takes refuge   Religion 1935 Dalai Lama, leader of Tibet, is born   Sports 1933 Major League Baseball’s first All-Star Game is held   U.S. Presidents 1946 George Walker Bush is born   Women’s History 1976 First women inducted into the U.S. Naval Academy

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 07 1930 Preliminary work begins on the Hoover Dam On July 7, 1930, building begins on the future site of the Hoover Dam. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as one of the largest manmade structures in the world. Although the dam would take […]... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Cold War 1983 11-year-old Samantha Smith leaves for visit to the USSR   Crime 1865 Mary Surratt is first woman executed by U.S. federal government   Early U.S. 1798 U.S. launches the Quasi-War with France, the first conflict since the Revolution   European History 2005 Terrorists attack London transit system at rush hour   Native American History 1863 Kit Carson begins his campaign against Native Americans   Sports 1912 Jim Thorpe begins Olympic pentathlon 2019 U.S. women’s soccer team wins record 4th World Cup title   U.S. Government and Politics 1797 First impeachment of a U.S. Senator   U.S. Presidents 1946 Future President Jimmy Carter marries 1986 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter spend wedding anniversary building Habitat for Humanity home   Women’s History 1976 Female cadets enrolled at West Point 1981 Reagan announces Sandra Day O’Connor as pick for the Supreme Court    World War I 1917 British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps is officially established   World War II 1942 Himmler decides to begin medical experiments on Auschwitz prisoners

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 08 1951 Paris celebrates 2,000th birthday On July 8, 1951, Paris, the capital city of France, celebrates turning 2,000 years old. In fact, a few more candles would’ve technically been required on the birthday cake, as the City of Lights was most likely founded around 250 B.C. The history of Paris can be traced back to a Gallic tribe known... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1853 Commodore Perry sails into Tokyo Bay 1898 Con man “Soapy” Smith killed in Skagway, Alaska   1990s 1994 North Korea’s “Great Leader” dies   Asian History 1950 MacArthur named Korean commander   Cold War 1954 Colonel Castillo Armas takes power in Guatemala   Crime 1914 Labor activist and singer Joe Hill sentenced to death   Sports 2000 Venus Williams wins Wimbledon for the first time   Vietnam War 1959 First Americans killed in South Vietnam 1969 First U.S. troops withdrawn from South Vietnam   World War I 1918 Ernest Hemingway wounded on the Italian front   World War II 1941 German general’s diary reveals Hitler’s plans for Russia

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 09 1877 Wimbledon tournament begins On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-two amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen’s Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner was to take home a... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1846 U.S. takes San Francisco from Mexico   1990s 1993 Romanov remains identified using DNA   Arts & Entertainment 1918 William Faulkner joins the Royal Air Force 1962 Bob Dylan records “Blowin’ In The Wind”   Cold War 1960 Soviet Premier Khrushchev and President Eisenhower trade threats over Cuba   Crime 1928 A spiteful son kills four in a fit of rage 1996 A family is brutally attacked on a walk in England   European History 1762 Catherine the Great assumes power   Native American History 2020 Supreme Court rules in McGirt v. Oklahoma   U.S. Presidents 1850 President Zachary Taylor dies unexpectedly   Vietnam War 1971 United States turns over responsibility for the DMZ   World War I 1915 Germans surrender Southwest Africa to Union of South Africa

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 10 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial begins July 10, 1925: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called Scopes Monkey Trial begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. The law, which had been passed in March, made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1985 Two bombs sink the Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace’s flagship vessel   21st Century 2018 Last of Thai soccer team rescued from cave   Black History 1893 Pioneering Black doctor performs successful open-heart surgery   Crime 1889 “Buckskin” Frank Leslie murders his lover 1992 The Exxon Valdez captain’s conviction is overturned   Inventions & Science 1962 U.S. patent issued for three-point seatbelt   Natural Disasters & Environment 1887 Dam collapses in Switzerland, kills 70   U.S. Presidents 1832 Andrew Jackson vetoes re-charter of the Second Bank of the U.S.  1850 Millard Fillmore sworn in as 13th U.S. president   World War II 1940 The Battle of Britain begins 1943 Allies land on Sicily

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 11 1804 Aaron Burr slays Alexander Hamilton in duel On July 11, 1804, in one of the most famous duels in American history, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, a leading Federalist and the chief architect of America’s political economy, died the following day. Alexander Hamilton,...  read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1978 Gas fire incinerates crowded campsite, killing hundreds   American Revolution 1782 British evacuate Savannah, Georgia   Arts & Entertainment 1960 “To Kill a Mockingbird” published   Black History 1905 Members of the Niagara Movement meet for the first time   Civil War 1861 Union notches a victory at the Battle of Rich Mountain   Cold War 1945 Soviets agree to cede power in sectors of Allied-controlled Berlin   Space Exploration 1979 Skylab crashes to Earth   Sports 1914 Babe Ruth makes MLB debut   U.S. Government and Politics 1995 U.S. establishes diplomatic relations with Vietnam   U.S. Presidents 1767 John Quincy Adams is born   World War II 1944 Hitler is paid a visit by his would-be assassin

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 12 1984 Geraldine Ferraro named vice presidential candidate Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announces that he has chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate. Ferraro, a daughter of Italian immigrants, had previously gained recognition as a vocal advocate of women’s rights in Congress. Ferraro...  read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1861 Wild Bill Hickok’s first gunfight   Arts & Entertainment 1389 Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II 1979 Disco is dealt death blow by fans of the Chicago White Sox   Civil War 1861 Confederacy signs treaties with Choctaw and Chickasaw nations   Cold War 1990 Boris Yeltsin resigns from Communist Party   Crime 1963 The Moors Murderers begin their killing spree   Inventions & Science 1933 First Dymaxion car produced   U.S. Government and Politics 1862 Medal of Honor created   U.S. Presidents 1957 Eisenhower takes first presidential ride in a helicopter   Vietnam War 1965 First Marine to receive posthumous Medal of Honor for action in Vietnam is killed   World War II 1943 Russians halt German advance in a decisive battle at Kursk

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 13 2013 The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter first appears, sparking a movement Outraged and saddened after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the Florida man who killed a Black teenager in 2012, Oakland, California resident Alicia Garza posts a message on Facebook on July 13, 2013. Her post contains the phrase “Black lives matter,” which soon becomes a rallying cry and a...  read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1978 Henry Ford II fires Lee Iacocca   Arts & Entertainment 1985 Live Aid concert raises more than $100 million for famine relief in Africa 1990 “Ghost” opens in theaters   Black History 2015 Sandra Bland dies in jail after traffic stop confrontation   Civil War 1863 Draft riots rock New York City   Cold War 1949 Pope Pius XII excommunicates all communist Catholics   Crime 1955 Last woman hanged for murder in Great Britain 1966 A mass murderer leaves eight women dead   Early U.S. 1787 Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance   European History 1793 Charlotte Corday assassinates French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat   Sports 1930 First World Cup tournament begins   U.S. Presidents 1960 John F. Kennedy nominated for presidency   Vietnam War 1969 George Wallace criticizes President Nixon’s handling of the war   World War II 1943 Largest tank battle in history ends

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 14 1789 French revolutionaries storm the Bastille Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs, on July 14, 1789. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, a decade of political turmoil and terror... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1882 Gunfighter John Ringo found dead   Arts & Entertainment 1946 Dr. Spock publishes “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care”    Cold War 1963 Rupture between USSR and China grows worse   Crime 1881 Billy the Kid is shot to death 2016 Terrorist drives truck through a Bastille Day celebration   Hispanic History 1970 Young Lords occupy Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx   Natural Disasters & Environment 1931 South Dakota governor begs for federal assistance over grasshopper plague    Sports 1968 Hank Aaron hits 500th homer   U.S. Government and Politics 1798 Sedition Act becomes federal law   U.S. Presidents 1913 Future president Gerald R. Ford is born   World War I 1918 Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s youngest son, is killed

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 15 2006 Twitter launches On July 15, 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public. Born as a side project apart from Odeo’s main podcasting platform, the free application allowed users to share short... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1789 Lafayette selected colonel-general of the National Guard of Paris   Ancient Egypt 1799 Rosetta Stone found   Arts & Entertainment 1986 Columbia Records parts ways with country legend Johnny Cash after 28 years   Crime 1953 A notorious English killer is executed 1997 Fashion designer Gianni Versace murdered by Andrew Cunanan in killing spree   Exploration 1806 Pike expedition sets out across the American Southwest   Inventions & Science 1903 Ford Motor Company takes its first order   Native American History 1978 2,800 mile-long walk for Native American justice concludes in Washington, D.C.   Religion 1099 Jerusalem captured in First Crusade   Space Exploration 1965 Mariner 4 studies Martian surface   U.S. Government and Politics 1964 Senator Barry Goldwater nominated for president   U.S. Presidents 1971 Nixon announces visit to communist China 1979 Jimmy Carter speaks about a national “crisis of confidence”   Vietnam War 1966 North Vietnam urged to treat U.S. POWs better   World War I 1918 Second Battle of the Marne begins with final German offensive

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 16 1945 The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project yields explosive results as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1999 JFK Jr. killed in plane crash   American Revolution 1779 Anthony Wayne launches risky attack against British forces   Arts & Entertainment 1951 “Catcher in the Rye” is published   Crime 1979 Trial begins for army doctor accused of stabbing his family to death   European History 1918 Romanov family executed, ending a 300-year imperial dynasty   Inventions & Science 1935 World’s first parking meter installed   Natural Disasters & Environment 1990 Earthquake wreaks havoc in the Philippines   Religion 1769 First Catholic mission in California dedicated   Space Exploration 1969 Apollo 11 launches   U.S. Government and Politics 1790 Congress declares new nation’s capital shall rise along the Potomac River    U.S. Presidents 1973 Existence of Watergate tapes is revealed in live testimony 2002 President Bush unveils strategy for homeland security

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 17 1955 Disneyland opens Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 18 million visitors a year,... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1996 TWA Flight 800 explodes midair   21st Century 2014 Eric Garner dies in NYPD chokehold 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down over Russian-controlled area of Ukraine   Arts & Entertainment 1967 Jimi Hendrix drops out as opening act for The Monkees   Black History 2020 Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis dies   Early U.S. 1763 John Jacob Astor is born   European History 1936 Spanish Civil War breaks out   Exploration 1938 Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan crosses the Atlantic   Inventions & Science 1920 Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born   Space Exploration 1975 Superpowers meet in space   Sports 1941 Joe DiMaggio ends 56-game hitting streak   U.S. Government and Politics 1984 Jesse Jackson delivers “Rainbow Coalition” speech at DNC   U.S. Presidents 1945 President Harry Truman records his impressions of meeting Stalin   World War I 1917 Britain’s King George V changes royal surname   World War II 1944 An ammunition ship explodes in the Port Chicago disaster 1945 Potsdam Conference begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 18 1940 FDR nominated for unprecedented third term On July 18, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America’s 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedented third term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms. Roosevelt... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1960s 1969 Senator Ted Kennedy drives car off bridge at Chappaquiddick Island   1980s 1986 Video of Titanic wreckage released   American Revolution 1792 Naval hero John Paul Jones dies in Paris   Arts & Entertainment 1989 Sitcom actress murdered; death prompts anti-stalking legislation 1995 Barack Obama’s “Dreams from My Father” is published   Civil War 1863 Robert Gould Shaw leads Black infantry’s doomed assault on Fort Wagner   Crime 1984 Twenty-one people are shot to death at McDonald’s   European History 1925 Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is published   Sports 1976 Gymnast Nadia Comăneci scores first perfect “10” in Olympic history   U.S. Presidents 1947 Harry S. Truman signs second Presidential Succession Act   Women’s History 1947 First female army officer is commissioned

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 19 1848 Seneca Falls Convention begins At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, a woman’s rights convention—the first ever held in the United States—convenes with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Ancient Rome 64 Nero’s Rome burns   Cold War 1956 United States withdraws offer of aid for Aswan Dam   Crime 1879 Doc Holliday kills for the first time   European History 1553 Lady Jane Grey deposed as Queen of England   Inventions & Science 1942 George Washington Carver begins experimental project with Henry Ford   World War II 1943 America bombs Rome

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 20 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on moon At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Stepping off the lunar module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1889 Homesteaders murdered by Wyoming ranchers   Arts & Entertainment 1963 Jan and Dean’s “Surf City” hits #1 1973 Actor and martial-arts expert Bruce Lee dies at age 32 1988 “Die Hard” debuts, makes Bruce Willis a movie star   Cold War 1948 President Truman issues peacetime draft   Crime 1984 A serial-killing couple is apprehended 2012 Aurora shooting leaves 12 dead, 70 wounded   Native American History 1881 Sitting Bull surrenders   Natural Disasters & Environment 1977 A flood hits Johnstown—again   Space Exploration 1976 Viking 1 lands on Mars   U.S. Presidents 1969 President Nixon watches first lunar landing   World War II 1944 Assassination plot against Hitler fails

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 21 1861 The First Battle of Bull Run On July 21, 1861, in the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is routed at the First Battle of Bull Run by a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard. Three months after the Civil War erupted at Fort Sumter, Union military command... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1865 Wild Bill Hickok fights in first quick-draw western shootout    African History 1970 Aswan High Dam completed   Arts & Entertainment 1899 Ernest Hemingway is born 2007 Final Harry Potter book released   Cold War 1955 President Eisenhower presents his “Open Skies” plan   Crime 1925 “Trial of the Century” reaches final day, draws unprecedented attention    European History 2005 Bombers attempt to attack London transit system   Inventions & Science 1960 Germany passes controversial “Volkswagen Law”   Natural Disasters & Environment 365 Tsunami hits Alexandria, Egypt   Space Exploration 2011 NASA’s final space shuttle mission comes to an end   World War II 1944 Hitler to Germany: “I am unhurt”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 22 2003 Jessica Lynch gets hero’s welcome On July 22, 2003, U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch, a prisoner-of-war who was rescued from an Iraqi hospital, receives a hero’s welcome when she returns to her hometown of Palestine, West Virginia. The story of the 19-year-old supply clerk, who was captured by Iraqi forces in March 2003, gripped... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2003 Qusay and Uday Hussein killed   Arts & Entertainment 2005 “March of the Penguins” released widely in the U.S.   Civil War 1864 Battle of Atlanta   Cold War 1987 Gorbachev accepts ban on intermediate-range nuclear missiles   Crime 1934 John Dillinger gunned down 1991 Cannibal and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is caught   European History 2013 Prince George, first child of Prince William and Kate Middleton, is born   Exploration 1933 Wiley Post flies solo around the world   U.S. Presidents 1862 Lincoln tells his cabinet about Emancipation Proclamation   World War I 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco   World War II 1942 Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 23 1885 Former president Ulysses S. Grant dies On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero and former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer. The son of a tanner, Grant showed little enthusiasm for joining his father’s business, so the elder Grant enrolled his son at West Point in 1839. Though Grant later... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1960s 1967 Detroit Riots of 1967 begin   1980s 1984 Miss America resigns over nude photos   African History 1952 Military seizes power in Egypt   Arts & Entertainment 1982 Actor and two children killed on “Twilight Zone” set 1988 Guns N’ Roses make popular breakthrough with “Sweet Child O’ Mine” 1999 Woodstock ’99 begins   Crime 1918 Nebraska serial killer poisons her first victim 1923 John Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution   Sports 1996 U.S. women take home gymnastics gold   World War I 1914 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 24 1911 American historian encounters Machu Picchu ruins On July 24, 1911, American history scholar Hiram Bingham gets his first look at the ruins of Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that is now one of the world’s top tourist destinations. Tucked away in the rocky countryside northwest of Cuzco, Machu Picchu is believed to have been a... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1847 Religious pioneers settle Salt Lake Valley   American Revolution 1776 John Hancock scolds Major General Philip Schuyler 1779 Massachusetts begins ill-fated Penobscot Expedition   Arts & Entertainment 1901 Short story writer O. Henry is released from prison 1982 “Eye Of The Tiger” from “Rocky III” tops the U.S. pop charts 1998 “Saving Private Ryan” opens in theaters   Cold War 1959 Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev have a “kitchen debate”   Early 20th Century U.S. 1915 Hundreds drown in Eastland disaster   European History 1567 Mary Queen of Scots deposed   Space Exploration 1969 Apollo 11 safely returns to Earth   Sports 2005 Lance Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France   World War II 1943 Operation Gomorrah is launched 1945 Truman hints to Stalin about a new weapon “of unusual destructive force”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 25 1978 World’s first “test tube” baby born On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to be conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is born at Oldham and District General Hospital in Manchester, England, to parents Lesley and Peter Brown. The healthy baby was delivered shortly before midnight by caesarean section and... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT   19th Century 1832 The first railroad accident 1853 California Rangers kill Joaquín Murrieta   1950s 1956 Ocean liners collide off Nantucket Arts & Entertainment 1897 Jack London sails for the Klondike gold rush 1965 Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival 1985 Rock Hudson announces he has AIDS   Cold War 1961 President Kennedy talks to Americans about the need for bomb shelters   Crime 1853 Head of frontier bandit placed on display 1878 Black Bart strikes again 1984 A 9 year old’s murder puts an innocent man in jail 1988 A young man turns the death of his parents into a game   Early 20th Century U.S. 1941 Henry Ford writes fan letter to Mahatma Gandhi   Natural Disasters & Environment 2000 Concorde jet crashes, killing everyone onboard   Sports 1992 Opening of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona   U.S. States 1898 U.S. forces invade Puerto Rico   Vietnam War 1969 The Nixon Doctrine is announced   World War I 1917 Dancer and suspected spy Mata Hari sentenced to die   World War II 1943 Benito Mussolini falls from power

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 26 1775 U.S. postal system established On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place the foundation for many aspects of today’s mail system. During early colonial times in the 1600s, few American... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1847 Liberian independence proclaimed 1956 Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal   Ancient Americas 1533 Pizarro executes last Inca emperor   Arts & Entertainment 1943 Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger is born 1975 Van McCoy’s “The Hustle” is the #1 song in America   Black History 1948 President Truman ends segregation in the military   Civil War 1863 Confederate leader John Hunt Morgan is captured   Cold War 1947 President Truman signs the National Security Act   Crime 1908 FBI founded 1984 Infamous serial killer Ed Gein dies   European History 1945 Winston Churchill resigns   Inventions & Science 1998 Three race fans killed at Michigan Speedway   U.S. Government and Politics 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signed into law   U.S. Presidents 1797 John Quincy Adams marries Louisa Johnson, first foreign-born first lady   World War II 1941 United States freezes Japanese assets 1943 Hitler discusses plans to prevent Italy’s imminent defection

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 27 1974 House begins impeachment of Nixon On July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee recommends that America’s 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, be impeached and removed from office. The impeachment proceedings resulted from a series of political scandals involving the Nixon administration that came to be collectively known as... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Cold War 1953 Armistice ends Korean War hostilities   Crime 1981 Six-year-old Adam Walsh is abducted 1996 Bombing at Centennial Olympic Park   European History 1794 Robespierre overthrown in France   Inventions & Science 1949 First commercial jet makes test flight

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 28

1868 14th Amendment adopted July 28, 1868: Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State William... read more

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1970s 1975 Grizzly bear is classified as a “threatened” species

 

Arts & Entertainment 1978 “Animal House” released in theaters

 

Great Depression 1932 Bonus Marchers evicted by U.S. Army

 

Native American History 1968 American Indian Movement (AIM) is founded

 

Natural Disasters & Environment 1945 Plane crashes into Empire State Building 1976 One of the worst earthquakes in modern history destroys Chinese city

 

U.S. Presidents 1929 Future first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy is born

 

Vietnam War 1965 President Johnson announces more troops to Vietnam

 

Women’s History 2016 Hillary Clinton accepts Democratic nomination for president

 

World War I 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

 

World War II 1942 Stalin issues Order No. 227—outlawing cowards

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY July 29 1958 NASA created The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space, on July 29, 1958. NASA has since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have yielded vital... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1967 The Doors score their first #1 hit with “Light My Fire” 2000 Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston wed   Civil War 1862 Confederate spy Belle Boyd is captured   Crime 1900 Italian American assassinates Italian king 1976 Son of Sam’s first murder   European History 1981 Prince Charles marries Lady Diana   Inventions & Science 1909 General Motors buys Cadillac   Sports 1996 Carl Lewis wins fourth consecutive long jump at 35   Vietnam War 1965 101st Airborne Division arrives in Vietnam 1967 Rocket causes deadly fire on aircraft carrier   World War I 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm and Czar Nicholas exchange frantic telegrams, trying to avoid WWI   World War II 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party