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HISTORY
Today In History – July 26
Today in 1775 Benjamin Franklin is named Postmaster-General by the United States Congress; and in 1908 The FBI is founded.
Today In History – July 25
Today in 1956 near Nantucket Island, Italian Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51 people; and in 1961 President Kennedy says that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
Today In History – July 24
Today in 1847 after 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City; and in 1969 Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
Today In History – July 23
Today in 1903 the Ford Motor Company sells its first car; in 1930 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Italy kills 1,425 people; and in 1962 Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted Transatlantic TV program.
Today In History – July 22
Today in 1587 a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off present-day North Carolina to re-establish a deserted colony.
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Today In History – July 21
Today In 2011 NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Today In History – July 20
Today in 1969 Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
Today In History – July 19
Today In 1980 the Summer Olympics in Moscow begin. Some Western countries, including the United States and West Germany, boycott the event; in 1996 the Summer Olympics in Atlanta begin, with Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic flame.
Today In History – July 18
Today In 1969 Apollo 11 makes preparations for landing on the Moon; and in 1976 Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, aged 14, scores first ever perfect 10 at the Olympics.
Today In History – July 17
Today In 1717 George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered, as King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians; and in 1955 Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.
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Today In History – July 16
Today In 1790 The District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) is established as the capital of the US; and in 1999 John F. Kennedy Jr., piloting a piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard.
Today In History – July 15
Today In 1799 the Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta, by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard; and in 2005 Jack Nicklaus plays his last hole of competitive golf finishing with a birdie during The Open Championship at Hole 18.
Today In History – July 14
Today In 1789 The Bastille is attacked, starting the French Revolution; and in 1881 at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, Pat Garrett shoots and kills Billy the Kid.
Today In History – July 6
Today In History in 1483 Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned King and Queen of England; in 1854 the Republican Party held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan; and in 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time.
Today In History – July 5
Today In History 1775 The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition; in 1865 The United States Secret Service begins operation; and in 1954 Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right” at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
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July 27, 2024