July 8th, 1853. In Asia, an American expedition led by Commando Matthew Perry arrives in whats now Tokyo Bay, Japan. Its the first step of a US mission that establishes diplomatic and trade relations with Japan, isolated from the West for more than 2
July 9th 1896You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.In Chicago, William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech at the Democratic national convention. The speech clinches the Democratic presidential nomination for Bryan but he lo
July 10th, 1940. The battle of Britain begins during WWII as Nazi forces start attacking southern England by air. Just weeks earlier, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned his people to prepare for the assault. If the British Empire and its
July 11th 1995A major step between former foes as the United States normalizes diplomatic relations with Communist Vietnam. That happens more than twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, which killed 58,000 Americans and three million Vietname
July 6th, 1957. They say a hot day is nice. And I've been working like a dogIn Liverpool, England, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, both then in their teens meet for the first time. Just years later, they along with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, ch
July 28th, 1914Start of World War I as Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia and the rest of Europes major powers soon join the fighting. War breaks out a month after a Serb nationalist assassinates Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in
July 29th, 1981. Britains Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, leads the ceremony. Charles Philip Arthur George, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife? I will
July 13th, 1985. Herere hours to go in this Live Aid show in Philadelphia, and it looks if no ones leaving early. Live Aid, a global rock concert to raise money for starving people in Africa, takes place in London and Philadelphia. The mammoth events
July 14th 1789Start of the French Revolution whose impact is felt across European for generations to come. Citizens in Paris storm the Bastille prison, a symbol of the French monarchy's tyranny and release 7 prisoners inside. 1881Well this is how Bil
July 15th, 1971In a stunning move during the Cold War, President Richard Nixon says he will become the first American leader to visit Communist China. To seek the normalization of relations between the two countries and also to exchange views on ques
July 16th 1945The world's first test of the nuclear weapon as the United States explodes an atomic bomb in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Weeks later, the US drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing WWII
July 17th 1996It was like a big white flash and then all of a sudden it turned into a big orange fireball, broke off into 2 pieces.TWA Flight 800 explodes and crashes off New York's Long Island minutes after taking off from John F. Kennedy Internatio
July 20th 1969 The Eagle has landed. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon. The astronauts set foot on the lunar surface during the Apollo XI Mission. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.A
July 21st 1861During the American Civil War, Union and Confederate forces fight the first Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia. The war's first major battle ends in a Confederate victory. So there is a Second Battle at Bull Run the following year
July 22nd, 1933. Aviator Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world in 7 days 18 and 3/4 hours. 1934. Federal agents shoot to death a man identified as John Dillinger outside a movie theater in Chicago. Dillinger has been declared Pu
July 23rd 1967Black day in July, Motor City madness has touched the countryside.A week of race-related rioting erupts in Detroit, following a police raid on an after-hours club. The violence kills 43 people and injuries more than 1,000 others, destro
July 25th, 1956Disaster and rescue on the High Seas of the North Atlantic off the coast of New England. The Italian liner Andrew Adoria collides with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm, killing at least 51 people. Most on board the Andrew Adoria su
July 26th, 1948. President Harry Truman signs an executive order to effectively end racial segregation in the US military. It happens a year after Truman signs the National Security Act, which creates the Defense Department and the CIA. 1953. Fidel C
July 27th, 1953. In Asia, the Korean War ends after more than three years of fighting, with an armistice signed at Panmunjom. President Dwight Eisenhower tells Americans. We think of those who were called upon to lay down their lives in that far-off
July 18th, 1936. Start of the Spanish Civil War as General Francisco Franco leads the military uprising throughout the country. Franco becomes Spain's dictator 3 years later when his national's forces topple Madrid's Republican government. 1969. Sena
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