28 July - History and Importance of the Day

World Hepatitis Day


388 - Battle at Aquileja
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
1821 - Peru declared independence from Spain

1943 - During World War II, a firestorm killed 42,000 civilians in Hamburg, Germany. The firestorm occurred after 2,326 tons of bombs and incendiaries were dropped by the Allies.

Birthday - Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) ( Jacqueline Lee Bouvier). She was married to John Fitzgerald Kennedy and after his death later married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

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London 2012 Olympics Day 2

http://nraombakc.blogspot.in/2012/06/28-july-knowledge-history-science.html

http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/28

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_28

8 July - History and Importance of the Day

1776 - The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence occurred as Colonel John Nixon read it to an assembled crowd in Philadelphia.

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http://nraombakc.blogspot.in/2012/06/8-july-knowledge-history-science.html


http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/8



951 - Paris was founded
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-celebrates-2000th-birthday

1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

1497 - Vasco da Gama starts his trip to India  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml

1889 - Wall Street Journal started - Wall Street Journal - Brief History
Read the first issue - http://online.wsj.com/125/wsj-first-edition/#/%231

1932 - Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22

Birthday

1838 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Germany, Inventor (Zeppelin, airship)

1839 - John D Rockefeller, Founder (Standard Oil)