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.…
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This Day In History — The End of the Shuttle Program
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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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,…
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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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July 01 1863 The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began. 1867 Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great…
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June 30 1859 French acrobat Charles Blondin, AKA Jean Francois Gravelet, walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. 1908 A powerful natural explosion from an…
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