Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
On this day in 778, the Battle of Roncevaux Pass was fought, with Roland, commander of the rear guard of Charlemagne's army, defeated by the Basques. In 927 on this day, the Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto. King Duncan I was killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth on this day in 1040. The latter succeeded him as King of Scots. On this day in 1057, King Macbeth was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim Mac Donnchada. The cave city of Vardzia was consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia on this day in 1185. In 1308 on this day, Johannieter knights conquered Rhodos in Greece. On this day in 1457, the earliest dated printed book, "Mainz Psalter," was completed. The Empire of Trebizond surrendered to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II on this day in 1461. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David was exiled and later murdered. On this day in 1517, seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade met with Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary. Panama City was founded on this day in 1519. Ignatius of Loyola formed society of Jesus/Jesuits on this day in 1534. The city of Asunción, Paraguay, was founded on this day in 1537. In 1540, the city of Arequipa, Peru, was founded. Mary Queen of Scotland (6) arrived in France on this day in 1548. In 1549 on this day, Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier came ashore at Kagoshima, Japan (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549). On this day in 1599 during the Nine Years War, the Battle of Curlew Pass was fought. Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambushed English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle. The Mayflower set sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims on this day in 1620. The first recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony on this day in 1635. On this day in 1653 - -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" was stranded at Tsjedzjoe, Korea. France, Sweden, Bavarian, Brunswick, Munster,Hessen-Kassel formed the Rijnbond on this day in 1658. Ten years later on this day in 1668, the Rijnbond disbanded. Spain & Germany sign a cease-fire with France on this day in 1684. French troops attacked the Rhine on this day in 1741. On this day in 1748, the United Lutheran Church of US was organized. The Battle at Leignitz was fought on this day in 1760, when Prussia defeated Austria & Russia. In 1785 on this day, French Cardinal De Rohan was arrested. Joseph Haydn left England forever on this day in 1795. On this day in 1824, freed American slaves formed the African country of Liberia. In 1832 on this day, Gregory XVI issued encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism. National black convention met in Buffalo, NY, on this day in 1843. Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opened on this day in 1843. On this day in 1848, M Waldo Hanchett patented the dental chair. Regular mail to the Pacific coast began on this day in 1858.
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The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC
On this day in 1861 during the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln directed reinforcements to be sent to Missouri. In 1863 on this day during the American Civil War, Submarine "HL Hunley" arrived in Charleston on railroad cars. The Anglo-Satsuma War began on this day in 1863 between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). Off of the New England coast on this day in 1864, CSS Tallahassee captured six Union schooners. In 1867 on this day, the second Reform Bill extended suffrage in Great Britain. The Meiji government in Japan established six new ministries, including one for Shinto, on this day in 1869. In 1870 on this day, the Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado. On this day in 1876, a US law removed Indians from Black Hills after gold was found there. In 1891 on this day, San Sebastian Church in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, was officially inaugurated and blessed. On this day in 1892, the fourth & last British government of Gladstone formed. The United States no longer was allowed exclusive rights in the Bering Sea on this day in 1893.
1901 - Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro
1905 - Phila A's Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings
1906 - 1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago
1911 - Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
1912 - Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
1914 - 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)
1914 - Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs
French President Charles de GaulleFrench President Charles de Gaulle 1914 - German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured
1914 - Japan joins side of allies
1914 - Panama Canal opens (under cost)
1914 - A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
1915 - Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia
1918 - 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1918 - Russia severs diplomatic ties with US
1923 - Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
1923 - Mexico & US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917
1925 - Norway annexes Spitsbergen
1925 - White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919
1931 - Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
1931 - Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary
1931 - Spakenburg soccer team forms
1939 - "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
1939 - In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2
1939 - 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
1940 - 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)
1940 - Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged
1941 - Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
1942 - 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
1943 - Allies land on Kiska Aleutians
1944 - Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed
1944 - German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day
1944 - Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast
1944 - Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence
1944 - US 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans
1944 - US 7th Armour division reaches Chartres
1945 - A riot ensued in SF while the city was celebrating the end of WW II
1945 - South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
1945 - US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends
1945 - Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually
1945 - World War II: Korean Liberation Day.
1947 - India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
1947 - Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) declares independence from UK
1948 - 3rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1948 - Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
1949 - WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 - 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
1950 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
1950 - Indies Constitution goes into effect
1950 - Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier
1950 - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
1950 - Rotterdam harbor strike begins
1950 - Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
1952 - 19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316)
1952 - 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34
1954 - Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay
1954 - WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins
1955 - WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins
1955 - Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland
1957 - David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
1957 - USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
1958 - 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
1958 - Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank
1958 - Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
1960 - CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium
1960 - Chic Bears beat NY Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo)
1960 - Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
1960 - Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0
1960 - UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen
1961 - Keiyo Road is specified as the first driveway in Japan.
1962 - Netherlands & Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea
1962 - Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
1963 - Fulbert Youlou, resigns as Pres of Congo-Brazzaville
1964 - Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie BanksHall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks 1964 - Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago
1964 - Phillies triple-play NY Mets
1964 - Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill
1964 - Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½"
1965 - 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley GC PA
1965 - Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium
1965 - Mary Mills wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open
1965 - Japanese community of SF holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
1966 - Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1967 - Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
1967 - England's Marine Offense Bill makies pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down
1968 - Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting
1968 - Romanian president Ceausescu visits Prague
1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1969 - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
1970 - Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
1971 - Bahrain gains independence from Britain
1971 - Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
1971 - KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
1971 - Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents
1971 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
1973 - Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens
1973 - David Storey's "Cromwell," premieres in London
1973 - USSR performs nuclear test
1974 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1974 - Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
1974 - Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days))
1974 - South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
1975 - Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed
1975 - Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges
1975 - Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1976 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
1977 - England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust
1977 - SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome
1978 - House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
1979 - Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador
1981 - Botham scores a century in 86 balls v Australia at Old Trafford
1981 - Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m
1982 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
1982 - Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution
1983 - Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
1984 - The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
1985 - Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg
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The old flag of South Africa used during the days of apartheid, when the country was still ruled by a white minority government.
On this day in history, then President of apartheid South Africa P.W. Botha delivers his infamous "Rubicon" speech. The speech is named after the famous event in Roman history, because Botha declared that South Africa was "crossing the Rubicon," or the point of no return, regarding reforming the apartheid system. It had been billed as Botha preparing his country for major reforms, but he then effectively reneged on these expectations and declared that South Africa would resist pressures both internal and external and effectively continue apartheid policies, not trusting the principle of "one man, one vote" democracy and majority majority rule. As a result, South Africa became even more isolated, and the economy was severely weakened as a result.
1986 - Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger
1987 - US beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball
1987 - At Pan Am games in Indianapolis, USA & Cuba are tied with 2 outs in 9th, Ty Griffin HR, Cuba 1st loss in 20 years of Pan Am competition
1988 - "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 176 perfs
1988 - At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts
1988 - NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
1989 - Cancer sufferer/SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
1989 - Frederik de Klerk becomes president of South Africa
1989 - Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
1989 - US Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle
1989 - In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines
1990 - 51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
1990 - Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
1990 - Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990)
1991 - 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1991 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1992 - Colombo '92 closes in Genoa Italy
1993 - "Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 188 performances
1993 - 75th PGA Championship: Paul Azinger shoots a 272 at Inverness Club Oh
1993 - Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament
1993 - NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time
1993 - Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
1993 - Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte
Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson MandelaAnti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela 1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning
1994 - Terrorist Carlos the Jackal, captured in Khartoum Sudan
1995 - Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA
1997 - Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR
1997 - Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts
1997 - LA Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2
1998 - Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
1999 - Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
2004 - Bay of Plenty win Rugby Union's Ranfurly shield for the first time in the shield's 102 year history and after 28 unsuccessful challenges. They defeated Auckland. 33-26
2007 - An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
1057 - Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan. 1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett. 1877 - Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone. 1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company. 1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. 1918 - Diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Russia were severed. 1935 - Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in an airplane crash in near Point Barrow, AK. 1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie's song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." 1943 - Because of his special talent to use food scraps in both unusual and appetizing recipes, the U.S. War Department awarded Sgt. Edward Dzuba the Legion of Merit. 1944 - The Allied forces of World War II landed in southern France. 1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally. 1947 - India became independent from Britain and was divided into the countries of India and Pakistan. India had been under British about 200 years. 1948 - The Republic of Korea was proclaimed. 1948 - CBS-TV inaugurated the first nightly news broadcast with anchorman Douglas Edwards. 1949 - In San Francisco, a stunt leap off the Golden Gate Bridge was performed for the first time. 1961 - East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall. 1970 - Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to ‘play’ in a pro football game when she held the ball for the Orlando, FL, Panthers. 1971 - U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices. 1983 - Six-month-old Lisa Harap of Queens Village, NY became the youngest identifiable living person to appear on a cover of "TIME" magazine.
1986 - The U.S. Senate approved a package of economic sanctions against South Africa. The ban included the importing of steel, uranium, textiles, coal, and produce from South Africa.
1992 - Vietnam blamed Hollywood for creating the "myth" concerning the issue of U.S. servicemen still being held prisoner in Indochina. 1994 - The U.S. Social Security Administration became an independent government agency. It had been a part of the Department of Health and Human Services agency. 1997 - The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up. 2000 - A group of 100 people from North Korea arrived in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they had not seen for half a century. Also, a group of 100 South Koreans visited the North. 2001 - Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own. They had discovered two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.
1057 Macbeth, king of Scotland, was killed by Malcolm Canmore. 1911 Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening. 1935 Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash. 1939 The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood. 1947 The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan. 1948 South Korea became the Republic of Korea. 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. 1998 A car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people. It was the deadliest act of violence in more than 30 years of "Troubles." 2001 Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
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