July 31 1498 Columbus arrived at the island of Trinidad. 1777 The Marquis de Lafayette became a major-general in the American Continental Army. 1790 The…
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This Day In History — The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles
July 30 1619 The first legislative assembly in English North America convened in Jamestown, Va. 1729 The U.S. city of Baltimore was founded. 1932 The…
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July 29 1890 Artist Vincent van Gogh died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France. 1958 President Eisenhower signed the congressional act that created…
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July 28 1540 King Henry VIII of England’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. 1750 The great…
View More This Day In History — Peru declared its independence from SpainThis Day In History — Lance Armstrong won his fifth straight Tour de France
July 27 1861 Union general George B. McClellan was put in command of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. 1940 Bugs Bunny…
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July 26 1788 New York became the 11th state in the United States. 1847 Liberia became Africa’s first republic. 1908 The Office of the Chief…
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July 25 1946 The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. 1952 Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States.…
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July 24 1847 Brigham Young and the first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) arrived at the Great Salt Lake.…
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July 23 1829 William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter. 1885 Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount…
View More This Day In History — The Death of Amy WinehouseThis Day In History — Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world
July 22 1796 Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland. 1933 Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world. 1934…
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