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Post by Charity on Jul 1, 2005 15:14:08 GMT -5
www.a0kteacherstuff.com/Jul_calendar.htmJuly 1 In 1200, In China, sunglasses are invented In 1776, 1st vote on Declaration of Independence In 1898, Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill In 1916, Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market www.woccatlanta.com/In 1916, Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary `Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo In 1963, US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code In 1966, Medicare goes into effect
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Post by Charity on Jul 3, 2005 16:42:54 GMT -5
July 2 In 1850, Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus In 1881, President Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker In 1937, Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean In 1964, President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act into law
July 3 In 1806, Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan In 1890, Idaho admitted as 43rd US state In 1930, Veterans Administration created In 1939, Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech. (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease) In 1986, Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
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Post by Charity on Jul 5, 2005 23:46:51 GMT -5
July 4 Independence Day July 5 In 1865, Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department In 1884, US Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act In 1986, Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/solgallery/solgallery.htmJuly 6 In 1560, England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh In 1669, LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River In 1785, Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/northamerica.htmlIn 1848, Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1848hidalgo.htmlIn 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine July 7 ambafrance-ca.org/HYPERLAB/PEOPLE/_pasteur.htmlIn 1456, Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj05.htmIn 1550, Chocolate introduced www.efn.org/~sundance/chocolate.htmlIn 1875, Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri www.islandnet.com/~the-gang/In 1891, Travelers checks patents In 1898, US annexes Hawaii In 1930, Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam| www.sunsetcities.com/hoover-dam/is_it_hoover_dam_or_boulder_dam.html
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Post by Charity on Jul 9, 2005 11:16:02 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Jul 10, 2005 20:19:39 GMT -5
July 10 In 1553, Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England In 1850, VP Fillmore becomes president following Zachary Taylor's death In 1862, US begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad In 1938, Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours www.socalhistory.org/Biographies/h_hughes.htm
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Post by Charity on Jul 11, 2005 11:29:14 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Jul 11, 2005 11:38:11 GMT -5
BURR SLAYS HAMILTON IN DUEL: July 11, 1804
In a duel held in Weehawken, New Jersey, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, a leading Federalist and the chief architect of America's political economy, died the following day.Alexander Hamilton, born on the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1757, came to the American colonies in 1773 as a poor immigrant. In 1776, he joined the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and his relentless energy and remarkable intelligence brought him to the attention of General George Washington, who took him on as an aid. Ten years later, Hamilton served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and he led the fight to win ratification of the final document, which created the kind of strong, centralized government that he favored. In 1789, he was appointed the first secretary of the treasury by President Washington, and during the next six years he crafted a sophisticated monetary policy that saved the young U.S. government from collapse. With the emergence of political parties, Hamilton was regarded as a leader of the Federalists.Aaron Burr, born into a prestigious New Jersey family in 1756, was also intellectually gifted, and he graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) at the age of 17. He joined the Continental Army in 1775 and distinguished himself during the Patriot attack on Quebec. A masterful politician, he was elected to the New State Assembly in 1783 and later served as state attorney. In 1790, he defeated Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law in a race for the U.S. Senate.Hamilton came to detest Burr, whom he regarded as a dangerous opportunist, and he often spoke ill of him. When Burr ran for the vice presidency in 1796 on Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican ticket (the forerunner of the Democratic Party), Hamilton launched a series of public attacks against Burr, stating, "I feel it is a religious duty to oppose his career." John Adams won the presidency, and in 1797 Burr left the Senate and returned to the New York Assembly.In 1800, Jefferson chose Burr again as his running mate. Burr aided the Democratic-Republican ticket by publishing a confidential document that Hamilton had written criticizing his fellow Federalist President John Adams. This caused a rift in the Federalists and helped Jefferson and Burr win the election with 73 electoral votes each.Under the electoral procedure then prevailing, president and vice president were not voted for separately; the candidate who received the most votes was elected president, and the second in line, vice president. The vote then went to the House of Representatives. What at first seemed but an electoral technicality--handing Jefferson victory over his running mate--developed into a major constitutional crisis when Federalists in the lame-duck Congress threw their support behind Burr. After a remarkable 35 tie votes, a small group of Federalists changed sides and voted in Jefferson's favor. Alexander Hamilton, who had supported Jefferson as the lesser of two evils, was instrumental in breaking the deadlock.Burr became vice president, but Jefferson grew apart from him, and he did not support Burr's renomination to a second term in 1804. That year, a faction of New York Federalists, who had found their fortunes drastically diminished after the ascendance of Jefferson, sought to enlist the disgruntled Burr into their party and elect him governor. Hamilton campaigned against Burr with great fervor, and Burr lost the Federalist nomination and then, running as an independent for governor, the election. In the campaign, Burr's character was savagely attacked by Hamilton and others, and after the election he resolved to restore his reputation by challenging Hamilton to a duel, or an "affair of honor," as they were known.Affairs of honor were commonplace in America at the time, and the complex rules governing them usually led to an honorable resolution before any actual firing of weapons. In fact, the outspoken Hamilton had been involved in several affairs of honor in his life, and he had resolved most of them peaceably. No such recourse was found with Burr, however, and on July 11, 1804, the enemies met at 7 a.m. at the dueling grounds near Weehawken, New Jersey. It was the same spot where Hamilton's son had died defending his father's honor two years before.There are conflicting accounts of what happened next. According to Hamilton's "second"--his assistant and witness in the duel--Hamilton decided the duel was morally wrong and deliberately fired into the air. Burr's second claimed that Hamilton fired at Burr and missed. What happened next is agreed upon: Burr shot Hamilton in the stomach, and the bullet lodged next to his spine. Hamilton was taken back to New York, and he died the next afternoon.Few affairs of honor actually resulted in deaths, and the nation was outraged by the killing of a man as eminent as Alexander Hamilton. Charged with murder in New York and New Jersey, Burr, still vice president, returned to Washington, D.C., where he finished his term immune from prosecution.In 1805, Burr, thoroughly discredited, concocted a plot with James Wilkinson, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, to seize the Louisiana Territory and establish an independent empire, which Burr, presumably, would lead. He contacted the British government and unsuccessfully pleaded for assistance in the scheme. Later, when border trouble with Spanish Mexico heated up, Burr and Wilkinson conspired to seize territory in Spanish America for the same purpose.In the fall of 1806, Burr led a group of well-armed colonists toward New Orleans, prompting an immediate U.S. investigation. General Wilkinson, in an effort to save himself, turned against Burr and sent dispatches to Washington accusing Burr of treason. In February 1807, Burr was arrested in Louisiana for treason and sent to Virginia to be tried in a U.S. court. In September, he was acquitted on a technicality. Nevertheless, public opinion condemned him as a traitor, and he fled to Europe. He later returned to private life in New York, the murder charges against him forgotten. He died in 1836.
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Post by Charity on Jul 14, 2005 10:32:24 GMT -5
July 12 In 1817, Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) was born In 1854, George Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera) was born In 1864, George Washington Carver, botanist was born www.who2.com/georgewashingtoncarver.htmlIn 1630, New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island In 1859, Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Mass In 1909, 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes) www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/html/amdt16.htmlIn 1954, President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway In 1957, US Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer www.usmedicine.com/dailyNews.cfm?dailyID=35and www.oncolink.org/ July 13 In 1787, Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) In 1832, Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft) In 1865, P T Barnum's museum burns down In 1898, Guglielmo Marconi patents radio
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Post by Charity on Jul 15, 2005 23:17:17 GMT -5
July 14 In 1798, 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land & slaves In 1868, Alvin J Fellows patents tape measure July 15 In 1870, Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US ngeorgia.com/history/recon.htmlIn 1944, Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb July 16 In 1769, Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif In 1790, Congress establishes District of Columbia In 1867, D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint In 1867, Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete In 1969, Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11info.html
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Post by Charity on Jul 17, 2005 13:44:58 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Jul 18, 2005 20:40:28 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Jul 20, 2005 21:23:43 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Jul 23, 2005 9:48:40 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Jul 25, 2005 9:08:49 GMT -5
July 24
In 1758, George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess In 1938, Instant coffee invented
July 25
In 1947, US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense In 1952, Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing US commonwealth
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Post by Charity on Jul 26, 2005 10:04:10 GMT -5
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