Today in History

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16th July

1377 The Coronation of Richard II, aged 10. He was king of England until he was deposed in 1399.

1439 King Henry VI of England was desperate to save his country against a force he was near powerless to stop. As the body count increased and the crisis worsened, his administration struck back by introducing a ban…on kissing. England fought the Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death.

1945 The leaders of the three Allied nations (Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman and Josef Stalin) gathered in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.

1969 The Apollo 11 mission, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, launched on its historic journey to the Moon.

 

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16th July 1900
His Masters Voice, the logo of the Victor Recording Company and later RCA Victor, was registered with the US Patent Office.
The logo shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone.

 

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16th July 1966
British rock band - Cream - was formed by Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker.
They disbanded 2 years later with friction between band members.

 

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16th July 1996
Michael Jackson performs at a birthday party for the Sultan of Brunei and is paid between 15 and 20 million dollars.

 

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1790
Congress declares Washington, DC as the permanent captial of United States
1880
Dr. Emily Snow becomes the 1st woman to practice medicine in Canada
1935
1st automatic parking meter in the U.S. is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1951
author, J.D. Salingers' novel' Catcher in the Rye' is published by Little Brown & Co, the book has sold over 65 million copies
1969
Apollo 11 with U.S. astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin &Michael Collins 1st to land on the moon
Aldrin is the remaining astronaut still alive age 95
1999
JOhn F. Kennedy, Jr, his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy,her sister in law, Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off coast of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. John was the pilot of the Piper Saratoga aircraft
2017
Swiss tennis player, Roger Federer wins his record setting 8th Wimbledon men's title, defeating Marin Cilic, 6-3,6-1, 6-4

 

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July 17th

1717 King George I sailed down the River Thames for a concert, in a barge with 50 musicians. It was the premiere of Frideric Handel's Water Music which George I was said to have enjoyed so much that he made the exhausted musicians play the three suites three times over the course of the outing.

 

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On This Day In History, July 18th

2013 Government of Detroit declares bankruptcy
The city, which was up to $20 billion in debt, became the largest municipal entity in the United States to declare bankruptcy.

1993 Agathe Uwilingiyimana elected as Prime Minister of Rwanda
Rwanda's only female prime minister's tenure was cut short when she was assassinated at the outset of the Rwandan genocide.

1968 Intel is founded
Founded in Santa Clara, California, the Intel corporation is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer.

1925 Mein Kampf is published
Adolf Hitler's autobiographical book was written while he served his sentence for treason in prison.

1870 The first Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, decrees the doctrine of Papal infallibility
The doctrine claims that the Pope cannot err when speaking on issues of morality and/ or faith.

 

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Births On This Day, July 18th

1980 Kristen Bell
American actress

1950 Jack Layton
Canadian politician

1950 Richard Branson
English businessman, founded Virgin Group

1921 John Glenn
American astronaut, politician

1918 Nelson Mandela
South African politician, President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day, July 18th

1988 Nico
German singer-songwriter, model, and actress

1918 Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

1872 Benito Juárez
Mexican lawyer, politician, 25th President of Mexico

1817 Jane Austen
English author

1792 John Paul Jones
American Navy commander

 

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July 18th


1901 The water supply was turned off in Manchester as a heat wave hit the U.K. with the temperature reaching 35 degrees Centigrade.