This 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…

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This 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…

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This 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.…

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This 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…

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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,…

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This 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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This Day In History — Confederate Flag was Removed from the South Carolina Statehouse

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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This Day In History — The Voting Age in the U.S. was lowered to 18

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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This Day In History — The Death of Actress Katharine Hepburn

June 29 1613 London’s Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. 1767 The British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts. 1972 The…

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This Day In History — The Treaty of Versailles was Signed

June 28 1836 The fourth president of the United States, James Madison, died at Montpelier, his Virginia estate. 1894 Labor Day became a federal holiday…

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