Today in History

July 4th
1827: New York City abolishes slavery.


New York once had the second largest slave population in the United States: By 1730, 42 percent of the population owned slaves, according to the New York Public Library. While the state had passed a law shortly following the Revolutionary War ordering the gradual abolition of slavery, the slaves were not freed until July 4, 1827. This paved the way for the eventual abolition of slavery in all of the U.S.
 

1826
Ex Presidents,Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other on the 50th anniv of Declaration of Independence
1845
Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
1966
Pres Lyndon JOhnson signs the Freedom of Information Act
 
1865
Great Britian creates world's 1st speed law limit
1937
Spam,the luncheon meat 1st introduced by Hormel Corp
1994
Amazon.com founded by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue,Washington
 
July 6th
1942
Anne Frank’s family takes refuge
In Nazi-occupied Holland, 13-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family are forced to take refuge in a secret sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse. The day before, Anne’s older sister, Margot, had received a call-up notice to be deported to a Nazi “work camp.”
 
1885
Louis Pasteur successfully tests a anti-rabies vaccine
1983
U.S. Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
1994
one of my all time fav movies'Forrest Gump' is released starring Tom Hanks,Sally Fields,Robin Wright,Gary Sinese.The movie would win 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture.Tom Hanks wins his 2nd Best Actor Oscar.He won the previous yr for"Philadelphia"
 
1948
6 female reservists become the first women sworn into the U.S. Navy
1985
At Wimbledon,17 yr old,Boris Becker becomes the youngest man to win men's title defeating Kevin Curren in 4 sets
 
1777
Vermont becomes the 1st state to abolish slavery
1870
U.S.Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
1913
inventor,Alfred Gilbert gets his patent for his Erector Set which become one of the most populat toys of all time
1981
Sandra Day O'Connor is confirmed by U.S. Senate 99-0 to become Supreme Court Justice
 
July 9th
July 9th
1968 The Beatles release "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-da."
1964 Courtney Love (of Hole) is born Courtney Michelle Harrison in San Francisco, California.
1959 Jim Kerr (lead singer for Simple Minds) is born in Toryglen, Glasgow, Scotland.
1957 Marc Almond (lead vocalist for Soft Cell) is born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond in Southport, Lancashire, England.

Rock Around The Clock Becomes The First #1 Rock Song
1955
Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" becomes the first Rock song to hit #1 on the Billboard Pop chart, where it stays for eight weeks. The song was originally released as a the B-side of "Thirteen Women," but became a massive hit after it appeared in the film Blackboard Jungle.

Featured Events

2009 In an article published in The Guardian, "Hallelujah" writer Leonard Cohen admits the song is overplayed. "I think it's a good song, but I think too many people sing it," he says.
1995 At Soldier Field in Chicago, the Grateful Dead play their last show with Jerry Garcia, who dies a month later.
1977Elvis Costello quits his job at cosmetics factory to pursue a music career.
1977 The Steve Miller Band hits #8 in the US with "Jet Airliner," a song written by the blind folk singer Paul Pena.
1975 Jack White (lead singer, guitarist for The White Stripes) is born John Anthony Gillis in Detroit, Michigan. He takes the name "White" when he marries his bandmate, Meg White.
1968 David Ruffin is fired from The Temptations after missing a show. The lead singer on their hits "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," Ruffin clashes with his bandmates and with Motown head Berry Gordy before he is fired.
1956 In the broadcast equivalent of Lou Gehrig taking over for Wally Pipp at first base, Dick Clark replaces Bob Horn as host of the TV show Bandstand, which runs on the Philadelphia TV station WFIL. The show goes national the next year, with Clark hosting it until 1989.
 
1872
John F. Biondel receives a patent for his doughnut cutter
1956
Dick Clark debuts as host of'American Bandstand' in Philadelphia
One of my favorite movie actors,Tom Hanks celebrating his 63rd birthday
 
July 10th
1679
The British crown claims New Hampshire as a royal colony.
1040www.beautifulbritain.co.ukLady Godiva rode naked on horseback through the streets of Coventry to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes. There is a statue of her at Broadgate in Coventry.
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1762
monument of composer,George Fredric Handel is unveiled at Westminster Abbey in London
1913
Greenland Ranch in Death Valley,Calif records highest temperature of 134 degrees
1962
Telestar Communication Satellite which relayed TV&telephone signals between Europe&U.S. launched
 
July 11th
July 11th
1950 Andy Pandy, Teddy and Looby Loo first appeared on BBC TV. The episodes were repeated for more than 25 years, until the film wore out.
 
1798
U.S. Marine Corps established by act of Congress
1969
David Bowie releases single'Space Oddity' 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon
1984
U.S. govt requires air bags be installed in cars by 1989
 
July 12th
1962 - The Rolling Stones
1962 : The Rolling Stones give their first public performance at the Marquee Club in London, the original band included singer Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones, bassist Dick Taylor, and drummer Mick Avory.
 
1804
former U.S. Secretary of Treasury,Alexander Hamilton is killed in a pistol duel with V.P. Aaron Burr
1870
The first rotary can opener with a cutting wheel is patented by William W.Lyman
1957
U.S. Surgeon general,Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
1979
"Disco Demolition" at Cominskey Park where fans destroyed disco records. The Chicago White Sox had to forfeit the 2nd game of their double header with the Detroit Tigers
 
July 13th
1985 - Live Aid was broadcast from both London and Philadelphia, on MTV and in syndication
Watched all day on the BBC.Wimbledon was earlier in the olden days!
 
July 14th -1789
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. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, a decade of political turmoil and terror in which King Louis XVI was overthrown and tens of thousands of people, including the king and his wife Marie-Antoinette, were executed.
 
1868
Alvin Fellows patents the spring click tape measure
1951
Citation,'48 Triple Crown winner wins Hollywood Gold Cup by 4 lengths to become America's 1st millionaire horse
 

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