Henry VIII annuls his marriage to his 4th wife (Anne of Cleves-1540) - July 9
Anne Radcliffe (English author and pioneer of the gothic novel) is born (1764) - July 9
Independence Day (Argentina from Spain-1916) - July 9
Martyrdom of the Bab (Bah'ai Faith-1850) - July 9
Charles IV (Holy Roman Emperor) lays the cornerstone of the King Charles Bridge (bridge which crosses the Vltava river) in Prague, Czech Republic (1357) - July 9
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg dies at age 89 from cancer (1985) - July 9
The Great Train Wreck in Nashville TN (Two passenger trains collide killing 101 and injuring 171-1918) - July 9
Johnny Weissmuller breaks the world record for the 100 meters freestyle, swimming it in 58.6 seconds (1922) - 7/9
Millard Fillmore becomes 13th US President when Zachary Taylor dies of what is thought to be acute gastroenteritis (Fillmore is inaugurated on July 10-1850) - 7/9
France's National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly (1789) - July 9
Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner Louisiana due to a Microburst-induced windshear killing all 145 on board (1982) - July 9
Siberian Airlines Flight 778, unable to decelerate on landing at Irkutsk Intl Airport in Siberia, crashes killing 124 of the 203 aboard (2006) - July 9
Starfish Prime (high altitude nuclear explosion) is detonated over Hawaii creating widespread power outages and an artificial radiation belt (1969) - 7/9
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord becomes the First Prime Minister of France (1815) - July 9
Zachary Taylor (12th US President) dies in office at age 65 reportedly from acute gastroenteritis, but some still suspect he may have been poisoned (1850) - July 9
July 10, 2017
Tsunami in Lituya Bay Alaska, triggered by a landslide, is highest recorded (1700 feet, 525 meters-1958) - July 10
Amelia Sophia (daughter of King George II of England) is born (1711) - July 10
Battle of Northampton (Decisive Battle where Richard Neville takes King Henry VI prisoner-1460) _ July 10
Death Valley CA hits 134 degrees Fareinheit (highest temperature recorded in the USA-1913) - July 10
Great Fire of London (the first "Great Fire of London" started in Southwark and burned down London Bridge-1212) - July 10
Howard Hughes sets the around the world record with a 91 hour flight in a Lockheed Super Electra (1938) - July 10
Hurricane Dennis makes landfall on the Florida Panhandle (2005) - July 10
Independence Day (Bahamas from the UK-1973) - July 10
Jedwabne Pogrom a massacre of 900 to 1600 Jewish citizens living in or near the village of Jedwabne Poland (1941) - July 10
Lady Jane Grey takes the throne as Queen of England (1553) - 7/10
Maria Walpole (illegitimate daughter of Edward Walpole and subsequently the wife of Prince William Henry son of Frederick Prince of Wales) is born (1736) - July 10
Mitochondrial Eve skeleton examination results in a DNA Report from the UK (1997) - July 10
Pakistan International Airways Flight 688 crashes shortly after takeoff (2006) - July 10
Rainbow Warrior (Greenpeace ship) is sabotaged by French DGSE and sank in the Aukland Harbor (1985) - July 10
Seveso Italy Disaster - Icmesa plant industrial accident released a 30Kg toxic cloud of dioxin into the environment (1976) - July 10
Telstar communications satellite is launched (1962) - July 10
Silence Day (India - commemoration of Meher Baba's commitment to silence made in 1925 and kept until his death in 1969) - July 10
Venus Statue is discovered in Macedonia (2008) - July 10
William I of Orange is assassinated at his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gerard (1584) - July 10
World News Tonight premieres on ABC with Harry Reasoner as the lead anchor (1978) - July 10
Wyoming is admitted into the union as the 44th State (1890) - July 10
July 11, 2017
Anne of Bohemia (daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and consort to Richard II of England) is born (1366) - July 11
Battle of the Golden Spurs is fought in Flanders (1302) - 7/11
Brazilian Airlines (Varig) crashes near Orly Airport in Paris Killing 123 of 134 on board (1973) - July 11
Caroline Matilda of Wales (sister to George III and Queen of Denmark and Norway) is born (1751) - July 11
Chester Gillette murdered Grace Brown who was pregnant with his child (basis for Dreiser's "An American Tragedy"-1906) - 7/11
Hamilton-Burr duel (Alexander Hamilton fights his fatal duel with Vice President Aaron Burr-1804) - July 11
John Quincy Adams (6th President of the USA) is born (1767) - July 11
Charles Dickens's second novel (A Tale of Two Cities) is first published (1859) - July 11
Lady Bird Johnson (First Lady married to Lyndon B. Johnson-36th President of USA) dies (2007) - July 11
Los Alfaques Disaster (road accident and tanker explosion in Alcanar Spain) (1978) - July 11
Kokichi Mikimoto obtains the first cultured pearl (1893) - July 11
Nigeria Airways crash in Jeddah Saudi Arabia killing all 261 on board (1991) - July 11
Robert the Bruce (Robert I, King of the Scots) is born (1274) - July 11
Skylab Space Station has a controlled re-entry into earth's atmosphere where it broke up over Australia (1979) - 7/11
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published (1960) - 7/11
Total Solar Eclipse is seen in Hawaii and Mexico (1991) - July 11
UN World Population Day - July 11
Yul Brynner (Russian-born actor best known for his role in The King and I) is born (1920) - July 11
July 12, 2017
Battle of Aughrim in Ireland (decisive victory of Williamites over the Jacobites over 7000 killed) - July 12 (Julian)
Bill Cosby (American comedian, actor and television producer) is born (1937) - July 12
Bisbee AZ was the site of an illegal deportation of about 1300 striking mine workers, their supporters and innocent citizens (1917) - July 12
Civil Constitution of the Clergy (France) required all clergy to swear an oath of loyal to the Civil Constituion (1790) - July 12
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (Dutch humanist and theologian) dies (1536) - July 12
Dolley Madison (4th First Lady of the USA) dies (1849) - July 12
George Eastman (founder of the Eastman Kodak company) is born (1854) - July 12
Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace (1543) - July 12
Japanese Kawachi battleship blows up from a cordite fire in Tokuyama Bay, Shikoku killing 60% of her crew (1918) - July 12
John Leonard King (appointed by Margaret Thatcher to lead British Airways) dies (2005) - July 12
Josiah Wedgwood (manufacturer of Wedgwood pottery) is born (1730) - July 12
Medal of Honor (highest military decoration awarded by the US Gov't) is established by US Congress (1862) - 7/12
Michael I of Russia (first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov) is born (1596) - July 12
Milton Berle (American comedian and actor) is born (1908) - July 12
National Archives fire occurred in St. Louis, MO with a loss of approx. 18 million military personnel files (1973) - July 12
Oscar Hammerstein II (American writer and producer of musicals) is born (1895) - July 12
Richard Cromwell (Third son of Oliver Cromwell) dies (1712) - July 12
Henry David Thoreau's birthday (1817) - July 12
Buckminster Fuller (American Architect, inventor and visionary) is born (1895) - July 12
Kristi Yamaguchi (American Olympic Skater) is born (1971) - July 12
Orangemen's Day (Ireland) celebrates the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690) - July 12
July 13, 2017
Alexander Butterfield reveals knowledge of the Nixon tapes to the Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in (1973) - July 13
Alexandra Feodorovna (born Charlotte of Prussia consort to Nicholas I of Russia) is born (1798) - July 13
Arthur Capell (1st Earl of Essex) dies supposedly by suicide (1683) - July 7/13
Battle of Alnwick where King William I (the Lion) of Scotland is captured by Henry II (1174) - July 13
Caroline of Baden (Queen of Bavaria) is born (1776) - July 13
Hollywoodland sign in CA is officially dedicated (1923) - July 13
John Jacob Astor (American millionaire businessman) is born (1864) - July 13
Jean-Paul Marat (Swiss born French physician) is stabbed in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1793) - July 13
Live Aid Benefit Concert held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia (1985) - 7/13
Matilda of England (eldest daughter of Henry II of England and wife of Henry the Lion, Duke of Brittany and Saxony) died (1189) - July 13
Michael I of Russia dies (1645) - July 13
New York City Draft Riots (Opponents of conscription began three days of Rioting which began July 11-1863) - July 13
Obon Festival (To honor the dead - Japan) - 7/13
R34 Dirigible makes her return journey from the US to Norfolk England in 75 hours (1919) - July 13
Ruth Ellis (last woman to be executed in the UK) was hung at Halloway Prison London (1955) - 7/13
Beans and Franks Day
Red Buttons (American Comedian and actor) died (2006) - July 13
July 14, 2017
Billy the Kid (American Outlaw whose real name is Henry McCarty) dies in an ambush set by Pat Garrett (1881) - 7/14
Darien Scheme (Scotland's failed attempt to colonize the Isthmus of Panama) occurs (1698) - July 14
Fete de la Federation (incorrectly known as Bastille Day is France's annual celebration since 1790) - 7/14
The first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party (1865) - July 14
The Storming of the Bastille Prison (1789) - July 14
Jacques Chirac is shot at during France's July 14 celebrations (2002) - July 14
Larger Denominations of US Currency are discontinued (1969) - July 14
Louis VIII of France becomes King after the death of his father Phillip II Augustus (1223) - July 14
Mariner 4 Mars flyby took 1st pictures of another planet than earth (1965) - July 14
Pick Blueberries Day - July 14
Swedish Official Flag Day (Celebrates the birthday of Crown Princess Victoria-1977) - July 14
Pandemonium Day (A day where everything is topsy turvy) - July 14
Philip II Augustus of France dies at Mantes, France (1223) - July 14
The Priestly riots drive Joseph Priestly, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of his home in Birmingham England (1791) - July 14
The Alien and Sedition Acts are passed by congress (1798) - July 14
Cow Appreciation Day - 2nd Friday in July (2017) - 7/14
July 15, 2017
Anton Chekhov (Russian Playwright) dies at age 44 from tuberculosis in Badenweiler, Germany (1904) - July 15
Fire almost completely destroys the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome (1823) - July 15
Gilbert du Motier (aka the Marquis de La Fayette) is named Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris (1789) - July 15
I Love Horses Day - 7/15
James Scott (1st Duke of Monmouth) is executed at Tower Hill for an unsuccessful attempt to claim the British Throne (1685) - July 15
John Ball (a Lollard Priest) is hanged, drawn and quartered for his part in the Peasant's Revolt (1381) - July 15
Mount Bandai erupts in Japan killing approximately 500 people (1888) - July 15
Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to Captain Frederick Maitland on the HMS Bellerophon (1815) - July 15
Netscape is acquired and disbanded by AOL Time Warner (2003) - July 15
Rosetta Stone is found by Captain Bouchard while guiding construction work at Fort Julien in Egypt (1799) - July 15
United Steel Workers of America (USWA) Strike lasted 116 days shutting down nearly every steel mill in America (1959) - July 15
Continental Airlines begin operations as Varney Speed Lines (1934) - July 15
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed outside the village of Jannatabad, Iran killing all 153 aboard (2009) - July 15
National No-Hitter Day celebrates the first National League no-hitter pitched by George Bradley (1876) - July 15
July 16, 2017
Anne Askew (English poet and Protestant persecuted as a heretic and only woman on record to be tortured in the Tower of London-1546) died - July 16
Anne of Cleves (4th wife of Henry VIII of England) dies in Hever Castle at age 41 making her the last of Henry VIII's wives to die (1557) - July 16
Apollo 11 launches, making it the first manned space mission to land on the moon (1969) - July 16
Chuetsu-OKi Japan a 6.6 magnitude offshore earthquake causing 11 deaths and at least 1,000 injuries with 342 buildings destroyed (2007) - July 16
Emily Howard Stowe becomes the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada (1880) - 7/16
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince novel by J.K. Rowling is released (2005) - 7/16
JFK Jr along with his wife Carolyn and sister-in-law Lauren die in a plane crash just off the coast of Massachusetts near Martha's Vineyard (1999) - July 16
Joe DiMaggio sets a Major League Baseball record with 56 consecutive games with a hit (1941) - July 16
Joshua Reynolds (English Painter) is born (1723) - July 16
Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son Baudouin, the heir apparent (1951) - 7/16
Manhattan Project tests a Plutonium-based nuclear weapon at the Trinity site in New Mexico (1945) - July 16
Mary Baker Eddy (Founder of Christian Science) is born (1861) - July 16
Mary Todd Lincoln (16th First Lady of the USA as the wife of Abraham Lincoln) dies in the Illinois home of her sister at age 63 (1882) - July 16
Millennium Park in Chicago opens (2004) - July 16
Mont Blanc tunnel linking France and Italy opens (1965) - July 16
Pope Innocent III dies suddenly at Perugia at age 44 (1216) - July 16
Shoemaker Levy comet collides with the planet Jupiter (1994) - July 16
Rafle du Velodrome d'Hiver (A French arrest and imprisonment without provisions in the Vel d'Hiv of around 13,000 Jews) occurs (1942) - July 16
Barbara Stanwyck (Academy Award winning American actress) is born (1907) - July 16
Bess Myerson (1st Jewish woman to win the Miss American Pagent) is born (1924) - July 16
Ginger Rogers (Academy Award winning American actress) is born (1911) - July 16
National Ice Cream Sundae Day - held the 3rd Sunday in July (2017) - July 16
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