July 11 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England’s King Henry VIII. 1804 Former vice president Aaron Burr fatally wounded former secretary of the treasury Alexander…
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This Day In History — Wyoming became the 44th State
July 10 1890 Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States. 1940 The Battle of Britain began. 1951 Armistice talks to end the Korean…
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July 09 1816 Argentina formally declared independence from Spain. 1850 Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the U.S., died after only 16 months in office.…
View More This Day In History — The Birth of Nikola TeslaThis Day In History — Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery
July 08 1776 The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was given in Philadelphia, Pa. 1777 Vermont became the first colony to abolish…
View More This Day In History — Vermont became the first colony to abolish slaveryThis Day In History — The United States annexed Hawaii
July 07 1456 Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc. 1797 William Blount of Tennessee…
View More This Day In History — The United States annexed HawaiiThis Day In History — Anne Frank and her family sought refuge from the Nazis
July 06 1535 Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Henry VIII’s Church of England. 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully treated a patient with…
View More This Day In History — Anne Frank and her family sought refuge from the NazisThis Day In History — The Birth of P.T. Barnum
July 05 1811 Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain. 1865 William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England.…
View More This Day In History — The Birth of P.T. BarnumThis Day In History — The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.
July 04 1776 The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain. 1826 Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died. 1831 Former president James Monroe…
View More This Day In History — The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.This Day In History — George Washington took command of the Continental Army
July 03 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec. 1775 Commander in chief George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge,…
View More This Day In History — George Washington took command of the Continental ArmyThis Day In History — The Death of Nostradamus
July 02 1566 French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus died. 1881 President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19. 1890…
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