Today in History

1534
French explorer,Jacques Cartier lands in Canada,claims it for France
1880
1st commercial hydroelectric power plant in the world begins generating electricity in Grand Rapids,Michigan
1967
1st modern hospice ,St. Christopher's founded by nurse&social worker,Dr. Cecily Saunders in London,England.This is the beginning of modern palliative and hospice movement
 

July 25th
  • Edmund Halley enters Queen's College Oxford as an undergraduate.
  • 1701
    French make 1st landing at site of Detroit.
  • 1704
    Great Britain takes Gibralter from Spain
  • 1847
    Mormon leader Brigham Young & followers arrive at Salt Lake City Ut
  • 1862
  • Martin Van Buren 8th pres dies in Kinderhook N.Y.
 
1854
Walter Hunt given a patent for his paper shirt collar
1946
U.S.detonates 1st underwater atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific
1969
Sen. Ted Kennedy pleads guilty for leaving the scene of accident a week after Chappaquddick car accident which killed
Mary Jo Kopechne
1989
Rock Hudson's spokeswoman confirms the actor has AIDS
 

July 26th
1745 - "The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden Common, near Guildford, between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white. The Bramley maids had blue ribbons and the Hambledon maids red ribbons on their heads. The Bramley girls got 119 notches and the Hambledon girls 127. There was of bothe sexes the greatest number that ever was seen on such an occasion. The girls bowled, batted, ran and catches as well as most men could do in that game." - news report on the first recorded women's Cricket Match.
 
1775
The U.S. Continental Congress created the 1st U.S. POstal Office in Philadelphia,Ben Franklin was postmaster
1947
Pres. Harry Truman signs National Security Act establishing Dept of Defense,CIA,National Security Council,Joint Chiefs of Staff
1990
Pres. George H.W. Bush signs Americans With Disability Act
 
July 27th
Event of interest
Event of Interest
1586 Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
 
1940
Bugs Bunny made his debut in Warner Brothers animated cartoon,'A Wild Hare'
1965
Pres. Johnson signs bill requiring cigarette makers to print heath warnings on their packages about the effects of smoking
 
July 27th Norman..(ME) was born on this date and with the population on earth at 7.6 billion, dividing that number by the potential birthdays a reasonable estimate is I celebrate my birthday with approximately 20.8 million people, Happy Birthday to all 20.8 million, so far mine has been good.
 
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1957
Jack Paar begins hosting the'Tonight Show' on NBC
1958
U.S. Congress authorizes NASA{ National Aeronautics,Space Adminstration}
1974
Episcopal Church ordains female priests
 
29 July 1967 - Shortly before 11 AM local time, fire broke out on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin. The fire claimed the lives of 134 US sailors and injured another 161. Author Gregory Freeman has written an excellent account of this terrible tragedy in his book Sailors To The End.

Bravo Zulu shipmates.
 
July 30th 1969
1969
The Beatles, producer George Martin, and the Abbey Road engineers assemble the first rough cut of the proposed Abbey Road medley. Paul McCartney, feeling that the song "Her Majesty" distracts from the flow of the medley, has it removed and orders it erased. Second engineer John Kurlander, not wanting to destroy a Beatles song, instead appends it to the end of the medley tape, adding 15 seconds of leader to make sure it's kept separate. When he finds out, Paul likes the effect so much that he leaves the ending of the album just that way.
 
1935
The 1st Penquin book is published which starts paperbook industry
1956
The phrase'In God We Trust" was adopted as U.S. national motto
2003
The last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Mexico
 
1965
Cigarette ads banned on British TV
1970
Chet Huntley retires from NBC,he&David Brinkley's nightly newscast 'Huntley&Brinkley ends
1971
Apollo 15 astronauts take a 6 1/2hr electric car ride on the moon
1972
Sen.Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Sen.George McGovern's Democrat V.P running mate
 
August 1st
1831
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New London Bridge was opened by King William IV. It lasted for 140 years and was sold and rebuilt in Arizona.

1834
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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force throughout the British Empire and an estimated 770,000 slaves were freed. The foundation stone of the Wilberforce monument in Hull (see ©BB picture) was laid On This Day, in recognition of Hull born abolitionist William Wilberforce. See also ( ©BB picture).

1883
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Parcel post started in Britain.

1914
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World War I began with Germany's invasion of Luxembourg. The same day, Germany and Russia declared war against each other.
 
1790
1st U.S. census completed,population was 3,929,214
1893
Henry Perky&William Ford patent shredded wheat
1981
MTV debuts,1st video shown was'Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles
 
Today in 1100...English King William Rufus was slain by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest. He was shot by Walter Tiril - but was he killed by accident, or was he assassinated on the orders of his brother, the future Henry I? A great medieval mystery
 
In 2014 on August 2nd
49 year old Stuart Kettell completed his challenge to push a Brussels sprout up Snowdon using his nose. It took him 3 days and he raised more than £6000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
 
1776
the formal signing of the declaration of Independence by 56 people
1865
Lewis Carroll publishes'Alice Adventures in Wonderland"
1943
Lt. John F Kennedy's PT Boat-109 sinks in Solomon Islands
 
1900
Firestone Tire&Rubber Company was founded
1933
Mickey Mouse Watch introduced cost $2.75
1958
Billboard Top 100 debuts
2004
The pedestal of Statue of Liberty reopens to the public ,was closed after the Sept 11,2001 attacks
 


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