This Day In History — The King Comes On The Air

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 — Debut of the Two-Piece

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 — Independence Day

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 — Idaho Becomes No. 43

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 — Circumnavigation feats and failures

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 — The Battle of Gettysburg

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 — Hitler Comes To Power

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 — Shakespeare’s Globe Theater Goes Up In Smoke

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 Great War” Begins and Ends

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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This Day In History — Birth-date of Helen Keller

June 27 1844 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage, Ill. 1898 Joshua Slocum became…

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