Historical People and Events for July

July 1
The first adhesive postage stamp was offered for sale, 1847
The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, began, 1863
United States Post Office started 5-digit zip codes, 1963
Medicare federal insurance program went into effect, 1966
July 2
President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington Railroad Station, 1881
Amelia Earhart and her airplane were lost in Pacific Ocean, 1937
The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964
Author Ernest Hemingway died in Ketchum, Idaho, 1961
July 3
The Battle of Gettysburg ended, with a Union victory,1863
Idaho entered the Union, 1890 (43rd)
First Lady Harriet Johnston died, 1903
Congress created the United States Veterans Administration, 1930
Singer Jim Morrison of the Doors died in Paris at age 27, 1971
July 4
The Declaration of Independence was approved, 1776
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, 1826
James Monroe died, 1831
Calvin Coolidge was born, 1872
July 5
Naval hero David Farragut was born in Tennessee, 1801
First Lady Mary McElroy was born, 1841
The Salvation Army was founded in London, 1865
The bikini bathing suit made its debut in Paris, France, 1946
July 6
Louis Pasteur successfully tested an anti-rabies vaccine on a boy bitten by an infected dog, 1885
First Lady Nancy Reagan was born, 1921
The first All-Star baseball game was played in Chicago, 1933
During the Revolutionary War, British forces captured Ft. Ticonderoga, 1777
July 7
The United States annexed Hawaii, 1898
The Reader's Digest was founded, 1922
First women were sworn as F.B.I. agents, 1972
July 8
Colonel John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 1776
First Lady Grace Coolidge died, 1957,
Florentz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies," on the roof of the New York Theatre, 1907
July 9
The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to General George Washington's troops in New York, 1776
President Zachary Taylor died, 1850
Louisiana and South Carolina were re-admitted to the Union, 1868
July 10
The US frigate "United States" was launched, 1797
First Lady Julia Tyler died, 1889
Wyoming entered the Union, 1890 (44th)
The Battle of Britain began, 1940
The Bahamas became independent after three hundred years of British colonial rule, 1973
The Beatles UK album, A Hard Day's Night, was released, 1964
July 11
President John Quincy Adams was born, 1767
Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded by in a pistol duel, by Vice President Aaron Burr 1804
United States Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base, Colorado, 1955
July 12
Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was born, 100 B.C.
First Lady Dolly Madison died, 1849
Congress authorized the Medal of Honor, 1862
George Eastman, was born in Waterville, New York, 1854
July 13
The Northwest Ordinance was issued, 1787
Alabama readmitted to the Union, 1868
July 14
The French Revolution began, 1789
William H. Bonney "Billy the Kid" was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett, 1881
President Gerald R. Ford was born, 1913
July 15
Dutch painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands, 1606
Georgia readmitted to the Union, 1870
William H. Bonney "Billy the Kid" died at age 21, 1881
The Boeing Company, was founded in Seattle, 1916
July 16
General Ulysses S. Grant was named commander-in-chief of all the Union armies, 1862
First Lady Mary Lincoln died, 1882
The first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,1935
The first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico, 1945
John F. Kennedy, Jr., 38, and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, 33, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, 34, were killed when the Piper Saratoga Airplane he piloted crashed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1999
July 17
Spain ceded Florida to the United States, 1821
The British royal family adopted the name, Windsor, 1917
Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California, 1955
"Irma La Douce" opened on Broadway, 1958
July 18
The great fire of Rome began, A.D. 64
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, 1847
Professional baseball great Ty Cobb hit safety for 4000th time, 1927
The Spanish Civil War began as General Francisco Franco led an uprising of troops based in Spanish North Africa, 1936
July 19
John F. Kennedy was nominated by the Democratic Party for president, 1960
Apollo 11 orbited the moon, 1969
Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle, 1985
Longfellow published "Evangeline," 1847
July 20
Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, a fugitive since Little Big Horn, surrendered to federal troops, 1881
The first man (Astronaut Neil Armstrong) to set foot on the moon, 1969
America's Viking I robot spacecraft made the first-ever landing on Mars, 1976
An attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler failed, only wounding him, 1944
The Beatles US album, Something New, was released, 1964
July 21
The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), Virginia, occurred, 1861
First Lady Frances Cleveland was born, 1864
Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, 1899
July 22
The city of Cleveland was founded by General Moses Cleveland, 1796
Katharine Bates wrote America the Beautiful, 1893
American citizenship was re-granted to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, by President James Carter, 1975
Bank robber John Dillinger was shot and killed by F.B.I. agents outside a Chicago theatre, 1934
The Beatles US album, Introducing The Beatles, was released, 1963
July 23
The Civil War Battle of Atlanta occurred, 1864
President Ulysses S. Grant died, 1885
Puerto Rico voted to remain a United States commonwealth, 1967
The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches, during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 1904
July 24
Brigham Young and his followers arrived at the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1847
President Martin Van Buren died, 1862
Tennessee readmitted to the Union, 1866
July 25
First Lady Anna Harrison was born, 1775
Ulysses S. Grant named General of the Army, 1866
The Central Intelligence Agency was created, 1947
Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States, 1952
July 26
Benjamin Franklin became Post-Master General and the Postal Service was established, 1775
New York entered Union, 1788 (11th)
Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron died in Buenos Aires at age 33, 1952
July 27
The Bank of England received a royal charter as a commercial institution, 1694
United States State Department was established, 1789
Bugs Bunny made his cartoon debut, 1940
General George McClellan replaced General McDowell, 1861
July 28
Johann Sebastian Bach died, 1750
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was born, 1929
The World War II, fall of Mussolini, 1943
July 29
Queen Victoria restated British neutrality, 1863
Painter Vincent van Gogh died in Auvers, France, 1890
First telephone conversation occurred from New York to San Francisco, 1914
International Atomic Energy Agency was established, 1957
July 30
The City of Baltimore was founded, 1729
First color motion pictures were exhibited, 1928
Former Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit, 1975
Medicare bill signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola, died in Rome, 1556
President Andrew Johnson died, 1875