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)

4 July - History and Importance of the Day

1776 States of America declared independence from Britain

1863- Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrendered to General Grant and the Army of the West after a six week siege. With the Union in control of the Mississippi, the Confederacy was effectively split in two, cut off from its western allies.

Birthday - Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) the 30th U.S. President was born in Plymouth, Vermont. He became President on August 3, 1923, after the death of Warren G. Harding. In 1924, Coolidge was elected President

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USA - Independence Day - 4th July


http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/4

4 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

4 July 2012 Discovery of Higgs Bosons announced

30 July - History and Importance of the Day

International Day of Friendship


Birthday - Automotive pioneer Henry Ford (1863-1947) was born in Dearborn Township, Michigan. He developed an assembly-line production system and introduced a $5-a-day wage for automotive workers.


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London 2012 Olympics Day 4

http://nraombakc.blogspot.in/2012/06/30-july-knowledge-history-science.html

http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/30

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_30

Indian History of 30 July
http://thehistoryindia.blogspot.in/2012/12/30-july-day-in-history-of-india-and.html

29 July - History and Importance of the Day

1899 - The First Hague Convention is signed.

1937 - Japanese troops occupied Peking & Tientsin

2006 - Highest partnership for any wicket in Cricket - Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara against South Africa - 624
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149952.html

Birthday - Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was born in Dovia, Italy. He ruled Italy from 1922-1943, first as prime minister and then as "Il Duce," the absolute dictator.



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Birthdays

Henri Fayol


London 2012 Olympics Day 3

http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/29

Knowledge History - 29 July
http://nraombakc.blogspot.in/2012/06/29-july-knowledge-history-science.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_29

18 July - History and Importance of the Day

Nelson Mandela International Day

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Nelson Mandela International Day
http://nraonid.blogspot.com/2012/07/nelson-mandela-international-day-18.html


1918 - Birthday of Nelson Mandela

1936 - Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising

1947 - President Harry Truman signed an Executive Order determining the line of succession if the president becomes incapacitated or dies in office. Following the vice president, the speaker of the house and president of the Senate are next in succession. This became the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on February 10, 1967.


1976, at the Montreal Olympics, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci received the first-ever perfect score of 10 with her routine on uneven parallel bars. (Comaneci would go on to receive six more 10s at Montreal.)

18 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

1 July - History and Importance of the Day

Canada Day, a national holiday in Canada, formerly known as Dominion Day, commemorating the confederation of Upper and Lower Canada and some of the Maritime Provinces into the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867.

1862 - President Abraham Lincoln signed the first income tax bill, levying a 3% income tax on annual incomes of $600-$10,000 and a 5% tax on incomes over $10,000. Also on this day, the Bureau of Internal Revenue was established by an Act of Congress.

1863 - Beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

1893 - President Grover Cleveland underwent secret cancer surgery aboard a yacht owned by his friend, Commodore E.C. Benedict. The surgery was performed on a cancerous growth in his mouth. The entire left side of his jaw was removed along with a small portion of his soft palate. A second, smaller operation was performed on July 17th. Cleveland was then fitted with a rubber prosthesis which he wore until his death in 1908.



History Events Video
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1 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

7 July - History and Importance of the Day

International Day of Cooperatives


1898 - President William McKinley signed a resolution annexing Hawaii. In 1900, Congress made Hawaii an incorporated territory of the U.S., which it remained until becoming a state in 1959.
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7 July - Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/7


1607 "God Save the King" was first sung

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God Save the Queen - British National Anthem
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1543 - French troops invade Luxembourg

Birthday

1656  Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism

2 July - History and Importance of the Day

Important Historical Events 2 July

1776 - The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the following resolution, originally introduced on June 7, by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: "Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign Alliances. That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective Colonies for their consideration and approbation."

July 2, 1788 - Congress announced the United States Constitution had been ratified by the required nine states and that a committee had been appointed to make preparations for the new American government.

July 2, 1881 - President James A. Garfield was shot and mortally wounded as he entered a railway station in Washington, D.C. He died on September 19th.

1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race in public accommodations, publicly owned or operated facilities, employment and union membership and in voter registration. The Act allowed for cutoff of Federal funds in places where discrimination remained.

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Web pages for Historical Events 2 July

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/July-2

Knowledge History of the Day

2 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

1566
French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus died.

Nostradamus - The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
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3 July - History and Importance of the Day

1775 - During the American Revolution, George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

July 3, 1976 - The raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda occurred as an Israeli commando unit rescued 103 hostages on a hijacked Air France airliner.

History Events - Video
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Union forces won the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.


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3 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

5 July - History and Importance of the Day

1775- The Continental Congress adopted the Olive Branch Petition expressing hope for a reconciliation with Britain. However, King George III refused even to look at the petition and instead issued a proclamation declaring the colonists to be in a state of open rebellion.

Birthday - Promoter and showman P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) was born in Bethel, Connecticut. His American Museum opened in 1842, exhibiting unusual acts such as the Feejee Mermaid, Siamese Twins Chang and Eng, and General Tom Thumb. In 1871, Barnum opened "The Greatest Show on Earth" in Brooklyn, New York. He later merged with rival J.A. Bailey to form the Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Birthday - Cecil J. Rhodes (1853-1902) was born at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. As a South African millionaire and politician, he was said to have once controlled 90 percent of the world's diamond production. His will established the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford University for young scholars aged 18-25. Rhodesia was also named for him.
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http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/5


5 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

6 July - History and Importance of the Day

1885 - Louis Pasteur gave the first successful anti-rabies inoculation to a boy who had been bitten by an infected dog.


Birthdays

1903 Axell Theorell - Nobel Prize Winner
1921 Nancy Davis Reagan
1946 George Bush Jr.
1946 Sylvester Stallone

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9 July - History and Importance of the Day

 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The Amendment defined U.S. citizenship and prohibited individual States from abridging the rights of any American citizen without due process and equal protection under the law. The Amendment also barred individuals involved in rebellion against the U.S. from holding public office.

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9 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

10 July - History and Importance of the Day

The Battle of Britain began 10 July 1940   http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins

1943 - The Allied invasion of Italy began with an attack on the island of Sicily.

July 10, 1973 - The Bahamas gained their independence after 250 years as a British Crown Colony.

July 10, 1991 - Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office, becoming the first popularly elected president in Russia's thousand-year history.

Birthday - Theologian and founder of Presbyterianism, John Calvin (1509-1564) was born in Noyon, France.

Tennis player Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) was born in Richmond, Virginia. He won a total of 33 titles including the U.S. men's singles championship and U.S. Open in 1968 and the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1975.



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10 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management


http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/10

Bahamas National Day

11 July - History and Importance of the Day

World Population Day
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World Population Day

11 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management


1811 Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.

1892  According to US Patent Office,  J W Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp


Birthday - John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) the 6th U.S. President, and son of the 2nd President, John Adams.  After serving just one term as President, he served 17 years as a member of Congress.  He was the the first president whose father had also been president.


http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/11



http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/july.htm

12 July - History and Importance of the Day

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1928 1st televised tennis match
1933 US Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1979 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from UK

Birthday - American philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/12

12 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

13 July - History and Importance of the Day

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http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/13


13 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

14 July - History and Importance of the Day

1789 - The fall of the Bastille occurred at the beginning of the French Revolution.

July 14, 1791 - In England, the Birmingham riot occurred on the second anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Mob rule lasted for three days, targeting controversial scientist and theologian Joseph Priestly's home and laboratory as well as the homes of his friends. Priestly, who had expressed support for the American and French revolutions, fled to London with his family and later moved to America.



Birthday - Gerald R. Ford, the 38th U.S. President.  In 1973, he was appointed vice president following the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew. He became president on August 9, 1974, following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon. He was the first non-elected vice president and non-elected president of the U.S.


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Bastille Day - France National Day 


14 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

http://www.historyorb.com/events/july/14

15 July - History and Importance of the Day

1918 - During the Battle of the Marne in World War I, German General Erich Ludendorff launched Germany's fifth, and last, offensive to break through the Chateau-Thierry salient. However, the Germans were stopped by American, British and Italian divisions. On July 18, General Foch, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied troops, launched a massive counter-offensive. The Germans began a retreat lasting four months until they requested an armistice in November.

Birthday - The first American saint, Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) was born in Lombardy, Italy. She was the founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and established Catholic schools, orphanages, convents and hospitals. She was canonized, July 7, 1946, by Pope Pius XII.


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Brunei Royal Birthday

15 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/15

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/todayinamericanhistory/p/th_0715x.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-announces-visit-to-communist-china

16 July - History and Importance of the Day

16 July History Events Video
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1945 First Atom bomb detonated by USA
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--U-S--Detonates-World-s-First-Atomic-Bomb.html

1969 Apollo 11 launched successfully.


Birthday - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was born near Oslo. He was the first to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean via the Northwest Passage. He discovered the South Pole in 1911 and flew over the North Pole in a dirigible in 1926.

16 July Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atom-bomb-successfully-tested


http://www.historyorb.com/day/july/16

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/todayinamericanhistory/p/th_0716x.htm