Today in History

July 15th
1916
aviator pioneer William Boeing forms his own company,Boeing in Seattle,Wash
1960
Chubby Checker releases his single'The Twist' which becomes a world wide dance craze
 

1815 - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to Captain Maitland aboard the English ship Bellerophon, at Rochefort, before being sent into exile on the island of St Helena.

1948 - Alcoholics Anonymous, in existence in the USA since 1935, was founded in London.

1996 - Prince Charles and Princess Diana were granted a decree nisi. Princess Diana could no longer be addressed as Her Royal Highness but was to be known as Diana, Princess of Wales.
 
On the 16th of July 1439, as Plague spread throughout England and Europe, Henry VI banned kissing as a precaution to prevent its deadly trail.
 

July 18th
1932
United States&Canada sign a treaty to develop St. Lawrence Seaway
1968
Intel Corp is founded by semi conductor pioneer,CEO Andrew Grove
1976
At The Montreal Summer Olympic Games,Nadia Comaneci becomes the 1st gymnast to score a perfect 10
2019
Archaelogists discover a 1,2000 yr old mosque in the Israel Neger Desert
 
19th July

1545 - The Mary Rose, the pride of Henry VIII's battle fleet, sank in the Solent with the loss of 700 lives.

1837 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 236 ft steamship, the Great Western, was launched at Bristol. She was the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and was also the largest vessel in the world.

1972 - The Battle of Mirbat, arguably the finest moment in SAS history. The battle was fought in the Gulf state of Oman, with British troops supporting the Sultan of Oman. Just nine Special Forces soldiers overcame 300 Communist guerrillas, known as the Adoo.
 
1922
American swimmer,Johnny Weissmiller is the 1st to break that 1 minute barrier for the 100 meter freestyle swim in 58.6 secs in Alameda,Calif
1969
Apollo 11 astronaut,Buzz Aldrin takes a photo of his footprint on the moon
1984
Geraldine Ferraro wins Dem nomination to become Sen.Walter Mondale's VP running mate
 
July 20th
1921
Congresswoman,Alice Mary Robertson becomes the 1st woman to preside over the floor in U.S. House of Representatives
1940
Billboard publishes its 1st 'bestselling singles' record chart.# 1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey
1976
U.S. Viking 1 robot spacecraft made a successful 1st ever landing on Mars
 
July 21
1925
JOhn T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in'Scopes Monkey Trial' in Dayton,Ohio.He was fined $100
1973
Atlanta Braves baseball player,Hank Aaron hits his 700th home run off of pitcher,Ken Brett
 
July 22nd
1893
Katherine Lee Bates composes'America The Beautiful' in Colorado
1943
U.S. forces led by Gen George Patton liberates Palermo,Sicily
2019
According to Forbes magazine, the # 1 most valuable sports team in the world is NFL'Dallas Cowboys worth $ 5 billion,2nd MLB's New York Yankees $ 4.6 billion
 
23rd July

1901 - Tennis player Tim Henman's great-grandmother (Ellen Stawell Brown) became the first woman to serve overarm at the All England Tennis Club.

1955 - British speed enthusiast Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on Ullswater, in the Lake District, when his jet-propelled hydroplane - Bluebird, reached 202.32mph.

1986 - Prince Andrew, the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
 
1995
Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye a year later
2019
U.S. Senate passes a bill championed by comedian,Jon Stewart.It ensures 9/11 first responders fund never runs out of money
 
July 24th
1911
American explorer&archaelogist,Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu,Lost City of the Incas
1969
Apollo 11 astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific Ocean
1974
U.S. Supreme Court decision 9-0 tell Pres. Nixon to hand over the Watergate Tapes
 
25th July

1797...Horatio Nelson loses over 300 men and his right arm during the failed British invasion of Tenerife.

1843 - The death of Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor. He invented waterproof clothing, hence the term macintosh or mac.

1959 - A hovercraft, the SR.N1, designed by Christopher Cockerell, made its first English Channel crossing from Dover to Calais. The acronym SR.N1 stood for Saunders-Roe Nautical 1.

2009 - The last British survivor of the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, died, aged 111.
 
1897
writer,Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush,he'll write the 1st of his successful novels
1944
Operation Cobra: U.S. forces begin major offensive in Normandy with air bombardment
1964
The Beatles album 'Hard Day's Night' goes to #1,stays there on the charts for 14 weeks
 
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July 26th
1775
The 2nd U.S. Continental Congress created the U.S. Post Office with Benjamin Franklin as the 1st Postmaster General
1990
President George HW Bush signs the Americans with Disabilties Act
 
27th July

1586 - Sir Walter Raleigh brought the first tobacco to England, from Virginia.

1866 - The Great Eastern arrived at Heart's Content in Newfoundland, having successfully laid the transatlantic telegraph cable.

1969 - English rower Tom McLean arrived off the Irish coast to become the first man to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean - from west to east - a distance of 2000 miles. His voyage took 72 days.
 
1789
U.S. Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs later renamed State Dept
1940
cartoon character,'Bugs Bunny' created by Tex Avery&Bob Givens debuts in 'A Wild Hare' a Looney Tunes&Merrie Melodies series
1965
Pres.Johnson signs bill requiring cigarette companies to put on all their cigarette packages the effects of smoking
 
July 28th
1866
The Metric System become the legal measurement system in U.S.
1945
'Elevator Girl',Betty Olivier survives falling 75 stories after a U.S. bomber plane crashes into the Empire State building due to fog. The plane broke the cables supporting the elevator she was operating
It remains world record for longest survived elevator fall
 
July 29th
1958
U.S. Congress authorizes NASA,National Aeronautics Space Adminstration. Pres. Dwight Eisenhower signs it into law
1975
Gerald Ford becomes the 1st U.S. President to visit Auschwitz-Nazi concentration camp
2015
Microsoft launches Windows 10
 
30th July

1935 - 'Penguin' paperback books, founded by Allen Lane, went on sale in Britain.

1948 - The world's first radar station was opened, to assist shipping at the port of Liverpool.

1966 - England won the Football World Cup in London, beating West Germany 4 - 2. This was England's first (and only) win since the tournament began in 1930. England forward Geoff Hurst became the only man to score a hat-trick in a world cup final. ⚽
 
31st July

1703 - English novelist Daniel Defoe was made to stand in the pillory as punishment for offending the government and church with his satire 'The Shortest Way With Dissenters'. Bystanders pelted him with flowers instead of the customary harmful and noxious objects and drank to his health.

1910 - Dr Crippen was arrested aboard the SS Montrose as it was docking at Quebec. He was charged with the murder of his wife and was the first criminal to be caught by the use of radio.

1970 - Black Tot Day occurred On This Day. It was the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy that dated back to 1665. It was poured as usual at 6 bells in the forenoon watch (11am) after the pipe of 'up spirits'. Some sailors wore black armbands, tots were 'buried at sea' and in one navy training camp there was a mock funeral procession complete with black coffin and accompanying drummers and piper.
 

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