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  1. Kenneth Morgan

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    The crew of Soyuz 11 – Georgi Dobrovolski (left), Vladislav Volkov (right) and Viktor Patsayev (background).

    Lest we forget...
     
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  2. Kenneth Morgan

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    ON JULY 1st:

    In 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania.

    In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.

    In 1898, the Battle of San Juan Hill was fought in Santiago de Cuba.

    In 1908, SOS was adopted as the international distress signal.

    In 1916, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.

    In 1934, Hollywood began enforcing its Production Code subjecting motion pictures to censorship review.

    In 1935, actor David Prowse was born in Bristol, England. He would later become a well-known representative of the Sith Order.

    In 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

    In 1952, actor/comedian Dan Aykroyd was born in Ottawa. He'd later embark on a mission from God that turned out quite well.

    In 1969, Sam Phillips sold the Sun record label, which had been home to Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis at the start of their careers.

    In 1979, the first Sony Walkman went on sale.

    In 1984, the Motion Picture Association of America established the "PG-13" rating.

    In 1987, radio station WFAN-AM (formerly WNBC-AM) in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.

    In 1995, D.J. Wolfman Jack died in Belvidere, NC at age 57.

    In 1997, actor Robert Mitchum died in Santa Barbara, CA at age 79.
     
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  3. Kenneth Morgan

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    ON JULY 2nd:

    In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."

    In 1839, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque took over the slave ship Amistad.

    In 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September.

    In 1925, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was born in Decatur, MI.

    In 1927, actor Brock Peters was born in New York City. STAR WARS fans should remember him as the voice of Darth Vader in the radio adaptations of the OT.

    In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator.

    In 1955, "The Lawrence Welk Show" show debuted on ABC-TV. It would run for 27 years, both on the network and in syndication.

    In 1961, author Ernest Hemingway committed suicide in Ketchem, Idaho at age 61.

    In 1962, the first Wal-Mart store opened for business in Rogers, AR.

    In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.

    In 1979, the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was released to the public.

    In 1986, actress Lindsay Lohan was born in New York City. He life in recent years has been...somewhat eventful.

    In 1993, actor Fred Gwynne died in Taneytown, MD at age 66.

    In 1997, actor and Brigadier General in the USAF Reserve James Stewart died in Beverly Hills at age 89.

    Also in 1997, the film "Men in Black" was released in the U.S. and Canada.
     
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  4. yankee8255

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    45 years ago today (3 July) guitarist brian Jones of the Rolling Stones died/ODed/was killed by Mick and Keith so they could score with his girlfriend.
     
  5. Juliet316

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    On This Day...

    On July 3rd, 1775, George Washington takes formal control of the Continental Army
     
  6. Kenneth Morgan

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    In 1608, the city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.

    In 1863, the three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops failed to breach Union positions during an assault known as Pickett's Charge.

    In 1878, entertainer George M. Cohan was born in Providence, R.I.

    In 1890, Idaho became the 43rd state of the Union.

    In 1913, during a 50th anniversary reunion at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Civil War veterans re-enacted Pickett's Charge, which ended with embraces and handshakes between the former enemies.

    In 1935, astronaut/geologist Harrison Schmitt, one of the last people to date to walk on the Moon, was born in Santa Rita, NM.

    In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle signed an agreement recognizing Algeria as an independent state after 132 years of French rule.

    In 1965, Trigger, the palomino horse best-known for appearing with cowboy star Roy Rogers, died.

    In 1969, the biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket exploded and subsequently destroyed its launchpad.

    In 1971, singer/songwriter Jim Morrison died in Paris, France at age 27.

    In 1985, the film "Back to the Future" was released in the U.S.

    In 1988, the USS Vincennes shot down an Iran Air jetliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.

    In 1989, actor Jim Backus died in Los Angeles at age 76.

    In 1993, actor/comedian "Curly Joe" DeRita died in Los Angeles at age 83.

    In 2004, cosmonaut Andriyan G. Nikolayev died in Cheboksary, Russia at age 74.

    In 2012, actor/singer/comedian Andy Griffith died in Manteo, NC at age 86.

    In 2013, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for Morsi's resignation.
     
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  7. Juliet316

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    On July 4th 1776, The American Colonies declare Independence from the British Empire to form what will eventually be known as the United States of America.[face_flag][face_flag][face_flag]
     
  8. heels1785

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    Steve McNair's been gone 5 years today, too. Sad.
     
  9. beezel26

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    Lou Gehrig's farewell speech. One of the greatest farewell speeches in Sports.
     
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  10. Kenneth Morgan

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    In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opened at West Point, New York.

    In 1826, John Adams, 2nd President of the U.S., died Quincy, MA at age 90.

    Also in 1826, Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the U.S., died in Charlottesville, VA at age 83.

    In 1831, James Monroe, 5th President of the U.S., died in New York City at age 73.

    In 1872, Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the U.S., was born in Plymouth Notch, VT.

    In 1943, the Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, began in Prokhorovka village.

    In 1959, America's 49-star flag, recognizing Alaskan statehood, was officially unfurled.

    In 1960, America's 50-star flag, recognizing Hawaiian statehood, was officially unfurled.

    In 1976, Israeli commandos raided Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing almost all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers.

    In 1995, actress Eva Gabor died in Los Angeles at age 76.

    In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder space probe landed on Mars.

    In 2003, singer Barry White died in Los Angeles at age 58.
     
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  11. Juliet316

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    On This Day...

    On July 5th 1946, bikini is first introduced by French designer Louis Renard.

    On July 5th 1975, Tennis player Arthur Ashe becomes the first black player to win the Wimbledon Tennis Open.
     
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    In 1810, showman P.T. Barnum was born in Bethel, CT.

    In 1811, Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

    In 1865, William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London.

    In 1937, Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corp.

    In 1947, Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League.

    In 1948, actor William Hootkins was born in Dallas, TX. He'd later serve with U.S. Army Intelligence, and the Alliance Star Fleet.

    In 1950, the Knesset passed the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.

    In 1954, Elvis Presley's first commercial recording session took place at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee; the song he recorded was "That's All Right."

    In 1958, cartoonist Bill Watterson was born in Washington, D.C.

    In 1969, The Rolling Stones held a free concert in London's Hyde Park. Mick Jagger read poetry in memory of the late Brian Jones.

    In 1989, "The Seinfeld Chronicles," the pilot to the situation comedy "Seinfeld," aired on NBC-TV.

    In 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
     
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  13. Juliet316

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    On This Day...

    The Dalai Lama is born on July 6th, 1935
     
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  14. Rosslcopter

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    Reborn you mean, for the 14th time.
     
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    where john lennon and paul mccartney first met.
     
  16. Kenneth Morgan

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    In 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed for treason against King Henry VIII.

    In 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence and Auda Abu Tayi captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.

    In 1927, actor/comedian/U.S. Presidential candidate Pat Paulsen was born in South Bend, WA.

    In 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, CT.

    In 1945, actor Burt Ward was born in Los Angeles. He's best known for playing the sidekick of some rich guy with a bat fixation.

    In 1946, George W. Bush, 43rd President of the U.S., was born in New Haven, CT.

    In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

    In 1964, the film "A Hard Day's Night", starring the Beatles, premiered in London.

    In 1971, singer/musician Louis Armstrong died in New York City at age 69.

    In 1998, actor/singer Roy Rogers died in Apple Valley, CA at age 86.

    In 2003, actor Buddy Ebsen died in Torrence, CA at age 95.
     
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  17. Juliet316

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    On July 7th, 1930, the building of the Hoover Dam begins.

    On July 7th 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominates Arizona Court of Appeals judge Sandra Day O'Conner as the first female Justice to the US Supreme Court.
     
  18. Kenneth Morgan

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    In 1863, the United States began its first military draft, exemptions from which cost $300.

    In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.

    In 1901, producer/cinematographer/SPFX technician Eiji Tsuburaya, best known for his work on the Toho Studio kaiju films, was born Fukushima, Japan.

    In 1919, actor Jon Pertwee was born in London. His later work as Acting Unpaid Scientific Advisor for a multi-national paramilitary group remains (somewhat) classified.

    In 1928, sliced bread was sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, MO.

    In 1930, author/physician Arthur Conan Doyle died in Crowborough, England at age 71.

    In 1940, singer/musician/songwriter Ringo Starr was born in Liverpool. He's best-known for playing with a somewhat-successful band from that area.

    In 1941, actor/comedian Bill Oddie was born in Lancashire, England. Years later, he'd become a master of the ancient Lancastrian martial art of Ecky Thump.

    In 1946, Mother Francesca S. Cabrini became the first American to be canonized.

    In 1947, the Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spacecraft, occurred near Roswell, NM.

    In 1967, actress Vivian Leigh died in London at age 53.

    In 1971, animator Ub Iwerks, best-known for his work with Walt Disney, died in Burbank, CA at age 70.

    In 1975, Ruffian, widely regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of the 20th century, was euthanized one day after suffering a severe leg break during a race against Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure, followed by additional injuries post-surgery.

    In 1976, women were first enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

    In 1983, 11-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, left for a visit to the Soviet Union at the personal invitation of Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov.

    In 2005, a series of four explosions occurred on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
     
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  19. Juliet316

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    On This Day...

    On July 8th, 1776, What is now known as the Liberty Bell rings out from the tower of the Pennsylvania State House summoning citizens to one of the first readings of the Declaration of Independence.

    On July 8th 1951, Paris, France celebrates its 2,000th birthday.
     
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    In 1831, pharmacist John S. Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, was born in Knoxville, GA.

    In 1838, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, founder of the Zeppelin Airship Co., was born in Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden. (And it's not a balloon, it's an airship!)

    In 1889, The Wall Street Journal was first published.

    In 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland was devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.

    In 1934, actor/writer/comedian Marty Feldman was born in London.

    In 1948, the United States Air Force accepted its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).

    In 1950, President Harry S. Truman named Gen. Douglas MacArthur commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.

    In 1973, writer/producer Gene L. Coon died at age 49. He's best known for his significant role in the development of the original "Star Trek" series.

    In 1994, actor Dick Sargent died in Los Angeles at age 64.

    In 1999, astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad, the third man to set foot on the Moon, died in Ojai, CA at age 69.

    In 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
     
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    ON JULY 9th

    In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.

    In 1816, Argentina declared independence from Spain.

    In 1850, Millard Fillmore became the 13th President of the United States, following the death of President Zachary Taylor.

    In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.

    In 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club began its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London.

    In 1900, Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia, thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.

    In 1942, actor Richard Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, NY. He'd later play a baaad muther(shut your mouth!).

    In 1943, during World War II, the Allies launched Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.

    In 1944, during World War II, American forces secured Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fell.

    In 1955, actor Jimmy Smits was born in Brooklyn, NY. He'd later serve as a senator during the waning days of the Galactic Republic.

    In 1981, the video game "Donkey Kong" was released by Nintendo. It would mark the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.
     
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    ON JULY 10th:

    In 1890, Wyoming became the 44th U.S. state.

    In 1914, illustrator Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman, was born in Toronto, Canada.

    In 1921, sixteen people were killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

    In 1925, in Dayton, TN, the so-called "Monkey Trial" began with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.

    In 1926, actor Fred Gwynne was born in New York City. He was later a valued employee at Gateman, Goodbury and Graves.

    In 1930, actor Bruce Boa was born in Calgary, Alberta. He'd later serve with the Alliance as a general.

    In 1934, voice actor and Muppeteer Jerry Nelson was born in Tulsa, OK.

    In 1962, AT&T's Telstar 1 communications satellite, capable of relaying television signals and telephone calls, was launched by NASA from Cape Canaveral.

    In 1970, actor John Simm was born in Leeds, England. He'd later end up time traveling on two separate occasions under very different circumstances.

    In 1972, actor/comedian Peter Serafinowicz was born in Liverpool, England. He'd later be involved in both the Sith Order and a zombie apocalypse.

    In 1985, the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk with explosives in Auckland, New Zealand, by French intelligence agents; one activist was killed.

    Also in 1985, bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Co. said it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.

    In 1989, voice actor/comedian Mel Blanc died in Los Angeles at age 81.

    In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.

    In 1992, "MST Alive", the first live show by the cast of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", was performed at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis, MN.

    In 1999, the United States women's soccer team won the World Cup, beating China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
     
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  23. Kenneth Morgan

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    Sorry, the lower picture was made before the uppermost one, but I got them reversed. Still, both are well-done.
     
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    ON JULY 11th:

    In 1767, John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the U.S., was born in Braintree, on Massachusetts Bay.

    In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.

    In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, NJ.

    In 1864, Confederate forces led by Lt. Gen. Jubal Early began an abortive invasion of Washington, turning back the next day.

    In 1914, Babe Ruth made his Major League baseball debut, pitching the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over Cleveland.

    In 1921, former U.S. President William Howard Taft was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.

    In 1940, during World War II, the Vichy France regime was formally established.

    In 1960, the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee was first published by J.B. Lippincott and Co.

    In 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.

    In 1989, actor/director Laurence Olivier died in Steyning, West Sussex, England, at age 82.

    In 2012, astronomers announced the discovery of Styx, the fifth moon of the planet Pluto.

    Also in 2012, author Donald J. Sobol, creator of Encyclopedia Brown, died in Miami, FL at age 87.
     
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