Today in History

10th July

1460 In England's Wars of the Roses, the Yorkists (commanded by Richard Neville, the 16th Earl of Warwick) defeated the Lancastrians and captured Henry VI at the Battle of Northampton.

1553 Lady Jane Grey was Queen of England for just nine days, from 10 July to 19 July 1553. She was proclaimed Queen as part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of her Catholic cousin, Mary Tudor.

1947 The Government announced that Princess Elizabeth would get extra clothing coupons for her wedding dress.

1996 Nelson Mandela received eight honorary degrees at Buckingham Palace.

1997 An estimated 100,000 people gathered in London's Hyde Park to protest against a proposed ban on hunting with dogs. Opponents of the ban say it threatens the rural way of life and could destroy thousands of jobs.

2000 Figures released by the government showed that one in four British homes were using the Internet.
 

1913
world's highest temperature recorded in Death Valley, Calif 134 degrees F {56.7 C}
1938
aviator/ businessman, Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hrs
1950
Your Hit Parade' which originally aired on radio in 1935 debuts on NBC,the show presents 7 of the most popular songs sung by regular cast of singers: including Snooky Larson, Dorothy Collins, Giselle Mackenzie,Tommy Leonitti,Johnny Desmond The show moved to CBS in 1958
1997
British au pair, Louise Woodward murder trial begins in Newton, Mass. She was charged with 1st degree murder of 8 month old boy, Matthew Eppen. The baby died of a fractured skull,she was initially found guilty of 2nd degree murder.The judge reduced the charge to involuntary manslaughter. She served 9 months, 9 days
Today she lives in London with her husband, daughter born in 2014
2019
an article published in "Nature" the earliest evidence of modern humans outside of Africa is found with a 210,000 yr old skull in a cave in Southern Greece
 
On This Day In History, July 11th

2010 FIFA World Cup Final is held in Johannesburg, South Africa
The Netherlands and Spain fought out for the prestigious football trophy. Spain won the match 1-0 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

2006 Mumbai train bombings
Over 200 people were killed and about 700 people were injured in a series of bombings on Mumbai city trains.

1960 To Kill a Mockingbird is first published as Atticus
Harper Lee's classic and Pulitzer Prize-winning book is about racial inequality during the Great Depression.

1914 Major League Baseball debut of Babe Ruth
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr., one of the world's most well-known professional baseball player started his major league baseball career with the Boston Red Sox.

1804 A duel between two leading American politicians claims the life of one
United States Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton ended a life-long feud with a duel. Hamilton was fatally wounded and died the next day.
 

Births On This Day, July 11th 🎂

1986 Yoann Gourcuff
French footballer

1975 Lil' Kim
American rapper, actress

1916 Gough Whitlam
Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia

1767 John Quincy Adams
American politician, 6th President of the United States

1274 Robert the Bruce
Scottish king

Deaths On This Day, July 11th 🪦

2010 Bob Sheppard
American sportscaster

2007 Lady Bird Johnson
American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States

1998 Panagiotis Kondylis
Greek writer, translator

1989 Laurence Olivier
English actor, director, producer

472 Anthemius
Roman Emperor
 
12th July

927 Alfred the Great’s grandson, Athelstan (or Æthelstan), achieved the unification of the English tribes, laying the foundational stone for what would become modern England.

1543 Henry VIII married Catherine Parr, his sixth and last wife, at Hampton Court Palace.

1986 Dozens were injured in the second consecutive night of violent riots in Portadown, County Armagh. Violence flared when Orangemen converged on the town after their annual marches to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne (1690).

1989 Judy Leden became the first woman to cross the English Channel by hang glider. She was launched from a hot air balloon 13,500 ft above Dover and completed the flight in less than 30 minutes.

1998 Children died in Drumcree protests. Three young brothers were murdered in a loyalist arson attack in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland.
 
1812 – U.S. invasion of Canada in the War of 1812

On July 12, 1812, General William Hull led an American invasion of Canada, marking the first significant military action of the War of 1812. The United States declared war on Britain, partly due to British restrictions on American trade and the impressment of American sailors into the British Navy.

Hull’s forces crossed the Detroit River into Sandwich (modern-day Windsor, Ontario), aiming to capture British territory and secure control of the Great Lakes. However, the invasion was poorly executed, and Hull’s troops soon faced supply shortages and strong resistance from British forces and their Native American allies.

By August, Hull was forced to retreat and eventually surrendered Detroit to the British, marking a significant early setback for the American war effort. The invasion highlighted the challenges the young United States faced in waging war against a well-established empire.
 
On This Day In History, July 13th

1985 Live Aid benefit concert
Held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, the concert raised millions in benefit of those affected by famine in Ethiopia. Over a billion people tuned in around the world to watch the show.

1977 Ethiopian-Somali War begins
The Somali National Army invaded the disputed Ogaden region between Somalia and Ethiopia. The war lasted for 9 months and ended with a Somalian retreat

1977 Kinney, Minnesota declares its secession from the U.S.
Frustrated by its failing water system, Kinney, Minnesota declared the creation of the Republic of Kinney and sent a letter of secession to the U.S. Secretary of State.

1937 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is founded
The now-international doughnut company was founded by Kentuckian Vernon Rudolph.

1814 National military police of Italy created
The Carabinieri was established by the Royal Patents as a policing force with jurisdiction over the military and civilians.
 
Births On This Day, July 13th 🎂

1979 Craig Bellamy
Welsh footballer

1950 Ma Ying-jeou
Taiwanese politician

1942 Harrison Ford
American actor

1940 Patrick Stewart
English actor

1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest
American Confederate Army General

Deaths On This Day, July 13th 🪦

2010 George Steinbrenner
American businessman

1976 Joachim Peiper
German SS officer

1954 Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter

1946 Alfred Stieglitz
American photographer

1024 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
 
1923
U.S. explorer, Roy Chapman Andrews discovers 1st recognized dinosaur eggs in Gobi Desert, Mongolia
1939
singer, Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut with Harry James Orchestra,singing' From The Bottom of My Heart' ,"Melancholy Mood'
1978
Henry Ford II fires Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca due to clash of personalities between the 2 men and a power struggle. Iacocca tried to get support from board of directors which failed
1985
"Live Aid' concerts held both at Wembley Stadium in London & JFK Stadium in Philadelphia raised over $70 million for African Famine relief
2016
Theresa May elected United Kingdom's Prime Minister,the 2nd female since Margaret Thatcher. May served from July 13th ,2016- July 24th ,2019
 
On This Day In History, July 14th

2016 Terrorist Attack in Nice, France Kills 85 and Injures More than 300 People
The attack took place during Bastille Day Celebrations, when a 19-tonne truck was driven into the crowd. The attacker was eventually shot by the police.

1965 Mars flyby of Mariner 4
The American spacecraft became the first to take pictures of another planet and send them back to Earth.

1958 Coup in Iraq
Abd al-Karim Qasim, a brigadier in the Iraqi Army staged a military coup in Iraq, overthrowing the Hashemite monarchy. The Iraqi King Faisal II, the Crown Prince Abd al-Ilah, and Prime Minister Nuri al-Said were assassinated during the coup. Qasim took over the position of Prime Minister, which he held until 1963. The coup also led to the dissolution of the Arab Federation of Jordan and Iraq.

1957 First female parliamentarian in the Arab world is elected to office
Egyptian Rawya Ateya became the first woman to be elected to the National Assembly.

1789 Storming of the Bastille
Bastille, a prison housing only 7 prisoners at the time, was stormed by a crowd calling for the closure of the prison. The storming became the central event of the French Revolution.
 
Births On This Day, July 14th 🎂

1918 Ingmar Bergman
Swedish director

1913 Gerald Ford
American politician, 38th President of the United States

1912 Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter, musician

1911 Terry-Thomas
British actor

1862 Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter, graphic artist

Deaths On This Day, July 14th 🪦

2001 Guy de Lussigny
French painter

1965 Adlai Stevenson
American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois

1910 Marius Petipa
French/Russian dancer, choreographer

1881 Billy the Kid
American criminal

1223 Philip II of France
 
1868
Alvin Fellows patents tape measure
1891
John T. Smith patents the corkboard
1946
Dr Benjamin Spock's book' Common Sense of baby&Child Care' is published,has sold over 50 million copies world wide
1964
French cyclist, Jacques Anqutel wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France race, the 1st to claim 5 titles
1969
U.S.bills $500,1,000,5,000 ,10,0000 are officially withdrawn from circulation
2015
author, Harper Lee's 2nd novel' Go Set a Watchman' an early 1957 version of her best selling novel' To Kill a Mockingbird' is published. It sold 1.1 million copies its 1st week, overall has sold 3.3 million
 
14th July

1791 The Priestley Riots (also known as the Birmingham Riots of 1791) took place from 14th to 17th July. The rioters' main targets were English Dissenters, i.e. those Christians who had separated from the Church of England, most notably the controversial clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley, who is credited with the discovery of oxygen.

1865 British climber Edward Whymper led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn, a peak in the Alps. The expedition, which included three mountain guides and three other English climbers, reached the summit on that day. However, the descent was marred by tragedy when four members of the party fell to their deaths after a rope broke.

1867 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time, at a quarry in Redhill, Surrey.

1962 The Beatles played their first gig in Wales when they appeared at The Regent Dansette Theatre in Rhyl.

1996 A bomb exploded in a hotel at Enniskillen in Northern Ireland in which 40 people were injured. It was the first bomb in the province for two years.
 
On This Day In History, July 15th

1997 Gianni Versace is murdered by serial killer Andrew Cunanan
The fashion designer was gunned down by Cunanan in front of his Miami, Florida home. Cunanan was thought to have killed at least 5 people before committing suicide.

1996 MSNBC is launched
The American news television channel was created by Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit. The first show of the channel was hosted by Jodi Applegate.

1983 Orly Airport attack
A Turkish Airlines check-in counter was bombed at the Orly Airport in Paris, killing 8 people and injuring more than 50 people. The Armenian militant organization ASALA took responsibility for the attack.

1955 Mainau Declaration is signed by 18 Nobel laureates
The declaration against the use of nuclear weapons was initiated by German scientists Otto Hahn and Max Born.

1799 The Rosetta Stone is found
The ancient Egyptian rock inscribed with a decree by King Ptolemy V was found in the Egyptian port city of Rashid (Rosetta) by French Captain Pierre Bouchard.
 

Births On This Day, July 15 🎂

1951 Jesse Ventura
American wrestler, actor, politician, and 38th Governor of Minnesota

1950 Arianna Huffington
Greek/American author, columnist, founded The Huffington Post

1930 Jacques Derrida
French philosopher

1858 Emmeline Pankhurst
British political activist, suffragette

1606 Rembrandt
Dutch painter

Deaths On This Day, July 15th 🪦

1961 John Edward Brownlee
Canadian politician

1948 John J. Pershing
American general

1904 Anton Chekhov
Russian physician, author

1857 Carl Czerny
Austrian pianist, composer

1521 Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico
 
On This Day In History, July 16th

2003 Coup in São Tomé and Príncipe
Fernando Pereira staged a military coup against the elected government of Fradique de Menezes.

1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter
The Jupiter orbiting comet collided with Jupiter. It was the first time in recorded history that astronomers had observed a collision between two celestial objects.

1981 Mahathir bin Mohamad takes office for the first time
Mohmad, took office as the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia and remained in the position until 2003, becoming Malayasia's longest serving prime minister and Asia's longest serving politician.

1979 Iraqi president, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns
The fourth president of Iraq resigned from his post citing health reasons and promoted his Vice President, Saddam Hussein to the post of President.

1951 The Catcher in the Rye is published
The book, written by J.D. Salinger is considered to be one of the top 100 works of fiction of the 20th century.
 
Births On This Day, July 16th 🎂

1967 Will Ferrell
American comedian, actor

1947 Assata Shakur
American activist, criminal

1907 Orville Redenbacher
American farmer, businessman

1872 Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer

1862 Ida B. Wells
American civil rights activist

Deaths On This Day, July 16th 🪦

1960 Albert Kesselring
German field marshal

1915 Ellen G. White
American author, co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church

1882 Mary Todd Lincoln
American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17th First Lady of the United States

1747 Giuseppe Crespi
Italian painter

1557 Anne of Cleves
 
July 16th


1967 British rock band "The Who" begin 1st full US tour, appearing at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California, and then going coast-to-coast opening for Herman's Hermits.
( totally bizarre!)
 

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