07 JULY

JULY 1 — 1863 Battle of Gettysburg begins; 1874 Philly Zoo opens; 1928 Happy Birthday Popeye the Sailor Man; 1970 AT40 featuring Casey Kasem debuts

JULY 2 — 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears; 1776 2nd Continental Congress drafts Declaration of Independence

JULY 3 — 1890 Idaho joins the Union; 1988 America shoots down Iranian commercial flight; 1863 Pickett’s Charge

INDEPENDENCE DAY — Declaration of Independence; 4th of July celebrations

JULY 5 — 1872 Happy belated Birthday Calvin Coolidge (July 4); 1951 Shockley invents junction transistor; 1867 Happy Birthday Douglass (invented dendrochronology); 1986 Janet Jackson becomes 2nd youngest since Stevie Wonder to top album charts

JULY 6 — 1946 Happy Birthday George W. Bush; INVENTION/PATENT: 1858 Blake patents machine to sow shoes together; 1990 Wyeth dies (plastic soda can); 1960 Happy Divorcery Bette Davis/Gary Merrill

JULY 7 — 1863 Kit Carson starts war with Indians; 1923 Indians beat Red Sox; 1930 Building Hoover Dam begins; 1777 Battle of Hubbardton

JULY 8 — 1871? — First reading of Declaration of Independence; 1863 Siege of Pt. Hudson; 1898 Soapy Smith’s legacy catches up; 1990 Brewers beat A’s in amazing comeback; 1970 Happy Birthday Beck

JULY 9 — Happy Birthday Theresa! Love you babe!; 1960 Ike/Kruschev exchange heated words over Cuba; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1802 Davenport (DC motor), 1819 Howe invents sowing machine, 1932 R.I.P. Gilette, 1872 Blondell invents doughnut hole

JULY 10 — 1925 Monkey trial begins; 1850 Fillmore becomes President

JULY 11 — 1767 Happy Birthday John Quincy Adams; 1804 Burr defeats Hamilton in duel; 1992 Ross Perot insults blacks; 1877 Happy Anniversary Alexander Graham Bell/Mabel Hubbard

JULY 12 — 1979 — Disco dies at Comiskey Park; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1934 R.I.P. Evinrude (outboard motor), Happy Birthday George Eastman (Eastman/Kodak); Reasoner wins 2nd Medal of Honor

JULY 13 — Henry Ford fires Iacocca; 1863 Battle of Tupelo; 1942 Happy Birthday Harrison Ford; 1987 Judge throws out Bette Midler case against Henry Ford; 1972 Rams and Colts switch owners; 1985 Live Aid premieres

JULY 14 — Happy Birthday Gerald Ford; 1993 Happy Birthday MP3; 1881 Pat Garrett catches up with Billy the Kid

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JULY 15 — 1806 Pike sets off for travels; 1988 Die Hard debuts in film; 1951 Happy Birthday Jesse “The Body” Ventura; 1973 Nolan Ryan throws 2nd no hitter

JULY 16 — 1945 First Atom Bomb successfully tested; 1861 Bull Run battle; 1951 Salinger publishes Catcher in the Rye; 1907 Happy Birthday Oroville Redenbacher; 1988 Happy Anniversary Michael J. Fox/Tracy Pollan; 2012 Happy Divorcery Russell Brand/Katy Perry

JULY 17 — 1955 Disneyland opens; 1744 Happy Birthday Gerry (gerrymandering); 1920Gould invents laser; 1990 Twins turn two triple plays against Red Sox but still lose; 2011 Casey Anthony released from prison

JULY 18 — 1918 2nd battle of Marnes; 1923 Happy Birthday Lemelson (invented magnetic tape); 1969Ted Kennedy loses car in river; 1951 Wilcott becomes oldest to win boxing heavyweight title

JULY 19 — 1943 America bombs Rome; 1860 Lizzie Borden acquitted of murder; 1966 Happy Anniversary Frank sinatra/Mia Farrow; 1942 Carver starts working with Ford

JULY 20 — 1969 Armstrong takes giant step; 1976 Viking 1 goes to Mars; 1934 High temps of 118 in Iowa; 1908 Mad Dog Coll’s birthday (mobster); 1975 Happy Anniversary William Peter Blatty/Linda Tuery; 1973 Bruce Lee dies

JULY 21 — 1861 Preparation for the 1st battle of Bull Run; 1957 Spooner dies (bullet proof vest); 1899 Happy Bithday Ernest hemingway

JULY 22 — 1779 Battle of Minisink; 1934 Dilinger gunned down; 2003 Jessica Lynch gets hero’s welcome; 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer is caught; 1994 OJ Simpson pleads not guilty; 1994 Aretha Franklin arrested for disorderly conduct

JULY 23 — 1967 12th St. Riots in Detroit; 1918 Della Sorenson begins murder spree; 2011 Happy Anniversary Ben Rothlessburger and Ashley Harden; 2000 Tiger Woods shoots 269 at British Open; 1968 Happy Birthday Slash (Guns N’ Roses)

JULY 24 — 1959 The Kitchen Debate; 1847 Hoe patents printing press; 1862 Battle of Kernstown; 1998 Saving Private Ryan premieres

JULY 25 — 1853 Joaquin marietta’s head goes on display in San Fran; 1864 Stevens is killed in Battle of Peachtree; 1857 Happy Birthday Spragyue (electric traction); 1985 Rock Hudson announces he has AIDS; 1954 Happy birthday Walter Payton

JULY 26 — 1931 Grasshoppers invade Midwest; 1799 HB Isaac Babbit (improved engine bearings); 1775 Congress establishes Post Office; 1947 Truman signs Ntl Security Act; 1984 Psycho Ed Geins dies; 1959 HB Kevin Spacey; 2012 Two men charged with extorting half mill from Stevie Wonder

JULY 27 — 1981 Adam Walsh disappears; 1988 Frank Zamboni invents ice resurficer; 1927 HB Allan Breed (auto airbag)

JULY 29 — 1921 Council of Foreign Relations is formed; 1878 Bohemian Club throw their first party i the redwoods of Marin County, CA; 1974 Lou Brock steals 700th base; 1983 Friday Night Videos debuts

JULY 30 — 1965 LBJ signs Medicare into law; 1898 Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes; 1780 Patriots take Ft. Thicketty; 1872 Maholon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy; 2007 HD Britney Spears/Kevin Federline; 1956 In God We Trust becomes nation’s motto; 1978 Expos crush Braves 19-0

JULY 31 — 1975 Jimmy Hoffa disappears; 1937 Charles Hires dies (Hires Root Beer); 1849 Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading gun; 1990 Nolan Ryan wins 300th game; 2016 Fight the Kraken rowers Vicki Otmani and Megan Biging  reaches Honolulu