July 2
1776 The Continental Congress declared the United Colonies
"are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown."
1904 Johnny Weissmuller, swimming champion and star of
Tarzan movies, was born.
1932 Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's restaurant chain,
was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
July 3
1738 Painter John S. Copley was born.
1776 Maryland declared its independence from England.
1878 Composer George M. Cohan was born.
1947 Humor columnist and libertarian Dave Barry
was born in Brooklyn.
1973 Israeli commandos rescued 103 hostages on a hijacked Air France airliner at Entebbe
airport in Uganda.
1962 Movie star Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV)
was born in Syracuse, New York.
July 4
1776 John Hancock, as President of the Continental Congress,
signed the Declaration of Independence.
1788 George Rogers Clark and his men took Kaskaskia from
the British, wresting from them control of the upper middle west.
1804 Novelist and short-story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne
was born in Salem, Massachusetts.
1821 Slavery was abolished in New York State.
1826 Composer Stephen Foster was born
in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.
1845 Thoreau moved into a cabin at Walden Pond in Massachusetts.
1883 Rube Golberg, cartoonist and engineer who invented
elaborate, silly machines to do simple tasks, was born
in San Francisco.
1927 Playwright Neil Simon was born in New York City.
1928 Actress and photographer Gina Lollabrigida
was born in Auviaco, Italy.
1945 Steven Schwartzman, linguist, mathematician, educator,
and photographer, was born.
July 5
1641 King Charles I reluctantly agreed to a bill passed
by Parliament to abolish the Star Chamber.
1810 P. T. Barnum of circus fame was born in Bethel, Connecticut.
1846 California declared its independence from Mexico.
1904 Actor Milburn Stone, who played "Doc" on Gunsmoke,
was born.
1944 Robbie Robertson, musician and songwriter
with The Band, was born in Toronto, Canada.
1950 Singer Huey Lewis (Hugh Anthony Cregg III)
was born in San Francisco.
1951 Yankee pitcher Goose Gossage was born in Colorado Springs.
1971 Matthew Halliday was born in Kingston, New York.
July 6
1747 American Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones was born in
Kirkbean, Scotland.
1775 The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of the Causes
and Necessity of Taking up Arms, prepared by
John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson.
1921 Rock-and-roll pioneer Bill Haley was born.
1925 TV game show creator and producer Merv Griffin was born
in San Mateo, California.
1927 Actress Janet Leigh was born in Merced, California.
1928 The first all-talking moving picture, The Lights of New
York, was presented in New York City.
1932 Singer Della Reese (Delores Patricia Early)
was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1933 The American League defeated the National League
5-2 in the first all-star baseball game.
1957 Paul McCartney was introduced to
John Lennon after witnessing his
skiffle group, the Quarrymen, at St Peter's Church in Woolton, Liverpool.
John soon asked Paul to join the group.
July 7
1777 The Battle of Skeensboro occurred in Whitehall, New York.
1906 Pitching great "Satchel" Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama.
1907 Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer, was born in Butler,
Missouri.
1940 Beatles drummer Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr)
was born in Liverpool, England.
1949 Actress Shelley Duvall was born in Houston, Texas.
1973 The Libertarian Party of Canada was founded.
July 8
1776 The Declaration of Independence was read in public for the first
time in Philadelphia at what is now called Independence Square.
1783 A Massachusetts Supreme Court decision declared slavery to have been
abolished by Article I of the Massachusetts Declaration of
Rights of 1780.
1839 John D. Rockefeller, creator of the Standard Oil company,
was born in Richford, New York.
1907 The first Ziegfield Follies opened.
1914 Singer and bandleader Billy Eckstine was born in Pittsburgh.
1948 Actress Kim Darby was born in Los Angeles.
1951 Actress Angelica Houston was born in Los Angeles.
1958 Actor Kevin Bacon was born in Philadelphia.
1994 Kim Il Sung, communist dictator of North Korea, died.
July 9
1776 The Declaration of Independence was formally adopted
by the provincial congress in New York.
1819 Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, was born
in Spencer, Massachusetts.
1856 Physicist and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla was born.
1938 Actor Brian Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1956 Actor Tom Hanks was born in Concord, California.
1957 Actress Kelly McGillis was born in
Newport Beach, California.
July 10
1834 Painter James Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.
1867 Finley Dunne, humorist and the creator Mr. Dooley, was born.
1871 Author Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil, France.
1920 Newscaster David Brinkley was born
in Wilmington, North Carolina.
1943 Tennis star Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, Virginia.
1970 Power and Market by Murray Rothbard was published.
1985 The Coca-Cola company acceded to consumer demand and announced it
will bring back the original Coke and call it "Coca-Cola Classic"
when sales of "New" Coke dropped after
being on the market for only 10 weeks.
July 11
1804 Aaron Burr shot and killed
Alexander Hamilton.
1838 Merchant John Wanamaker was born.
1899 Writer and editor E. B. White
was born in Mount Vernon, New York.
1920 Actor Yul Brynner was born.
1927 Physicist Theodore Maiman, who developed the first
working laser, was born in Los Angeles, California.
1945 Singer Debbie Harry was born in Miami, Florida.
July 12
1777 Vermont adopted a constitution that abolished slavery.
1817 Naturalist and libertarian writer Henry David Thoreau
was born in Concord, Massachusetts.
1854 Inventor George Eastman was born.
1895 Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein was born.
1908 Comedian and TV pioneer Milton Berle (Mendel Berlinger)
was born in Harlem, New York.
1917 Painter Andrew Wyeth was born.
1938 Comedian Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia.
1943 Christine McVie, singer with Fleetwood Mac, was born
in Birmingham, England.
1951 Allie Reynolds pitched a no-hitter and New York beat Cleveland
1 to 0.
1952 Actress Cheryl Ladd was born in Huron, South Dakota.
July 13
1787 The Northwest Ordinance, guaranteeing freedom
of religion and outlawing slavery in the territory
north of the Ohio River, was adopted.
1913 TV show host Dave Garroway was born.
1926 The TV was invented by Baird.
1942 Movie star Harrison Ford was born in Chicago.
1944 Inventor Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary.
July 14
1789 A mob stormed the Bastille and released the prisoners in Paris.
1853 The World's Fair opened in New York City for its first season.
1911 Actor Terry Thomas was born.
1918 Movie maker Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala, Sweden.
July 15
1606 Artist Rembrandt (Harmenszoon van Rijn) was born
in Leiden, Holland.
1739 Revolutionary War leader George Clinton was born.
1776 The New York delegation to the Continental Congress approved
the Declaration of Independence.
1779 "Mad" Anthony Wayne captured Stony Point at midnight.
1779 Clement Clark Moore, author of A Visit from St.
Nicholas, was born in New York City.
1815 Warmonger Napoleon was captured.
1834 The Inquisition in Spain ended.
1850 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint
and founder of schools, orphanages,
convents, and hospitals, was born in Lombardi, Italy.
1876 George W. Bradley pitched the first no-hitter.
1906 Humorist Richard Armour was born in California.
1935 Football star and actor Alex Karras was born in Gary, Indiana.
1946 Singer Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona.
July 16
1723 Portrait painter Joshua Reynolds was born in Plympton, England.
1862 Anti-lynching crusader Ida Wells was born in Holly Springs,
Mississippi.
1911 Dancer and actress Virginia Katherine McMath (Ginger Rogers)
was born in Independence, Missouri.
1936 The first x-ray photograph of arterial circulation was made in
Rochester, New York.
1942 Tennis champion Margaret Court was born
in Albury, Australia.
July 17
1889 Detective novelist Erle Stanley Gardner, who sometimes
used the pen name A. A. Fair, was born in Malden, Massachusetts.
1899 Actor James Cagney was born in New York City.
1909 The microbe of smallpox was discovered.
1917 Comedienne Phyllis Diller was born in Lima, Ohio.
1935 Actor Donald Sutherland was born in St. John, Canada.
1955 Disneyland opened in California.
July 18
1720 Gilbert White, the "Father of British naturalists," was born
at Selborne, Hampshire, England.
1811 Novelist William Thackery was born in Calcutta, India
1913 Comedian Red Skelton was born.
1938 "Wrong Way" Corrigan landed in Dublin.
1939 Singer Dion Di Mucci was born in the Bronx.
1940 Joe Torre, baseball star and manager of the New York Yankees,
was born in New York City.
1940 A helicopter was flown successfully for the first time in
Stratford, Connecticut.
1976 Gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score
in Olympic history.
July 19
1814 Samuel Colt, inventor of the revolver, which "made all men
equal," was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
1834 Impressionist painter Edgar Degas was born in Paris.
1848 A women's rights convention, which dealt with property rights and
divorce, began in Seneca Falls, New York.
1865 Charles Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, was born
in Rochester, Minnesota.
1954 Sam Phillips released Elvis Presley's
That's All Right on his Sun
Records label. A version of bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe's
Blue Moon of Kentucky was on the flip side.
July 20
1754 Free-market economist and political theorist
Antonie Louis Claude Destutt Comte de
Tracy was born.
1858 The first game of the first baseball series between NY and
Brooklyn was played.
1947 Rock musician Carlos Santana was born
in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico.
July 21
1779 George Washington established his headquarters at West Point.
1924 Comedian Don Knotts was born in Morgantown, West Virginia.
1952 Comedian and actor Robin Williams was born in Chicago.
July 22
1620 Pilgrims left Holland bound for the New World.
1822 Biologist Gregor Mendel was born in Heinzendorf, Austria.
1871 The Tweed ring was exposed by the New York Times.
1928 Comedian and actor Orson Bean (Dallas Burroughs) was born
in Burlington, Vermont.
1944 Yankee pitcher and author Sparky Lyle
was born in Pennsylvania.
1947 Albert Brooks (Albert Einstein), actor, comedian,
director, and script writer (but not a physicist), was born in Los Angeles.
1947 Actor Danny Glover was born in San Francisco, California.
1955 Actor William Dafoe was born in Appleton, Wisconsin.
July 23
1440 Printing was invented.
1888 Writer Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago.
1889 John L. Sullivan became the world's heavyweight
boxing champion.
1904 The ice-cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during
La Purchase Expo.
1936 Basebal Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale
was born Van Nuys, California.
1948 Radio talk-show host Don Imus
was born in Riverside, California.
July 24
1802 Novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas
was born in Villers-Cotterets, France.
1842 Ambrose Bierce, author of The Devil's Dictionary,
was born.
1963 Basketball star Karl Malone was born in
Summerfield, Louisianna.
1970 Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx.
July 25
1870 Illustrator and painter Maxfield Parrish was born in
Philadelphia.
1894 Actor Walter Brennan was born.
1902 Writer Eric Hoffer was born in New York City.
1941 Basketball Hall of Fame center Nate Thurmond was born in
Akron, Ohio.
1943 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was removed from power
by the Fascist Grand Council.
1943 Actress Janet Margolin was born in New York City.
1954 Football star Walter Payton was born
in Columbia, Mississippi.
July 26
1856 Playwright George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland.
1894 Writer Aldous Huxley was born in Surrey, England.
1897 Writer Paul Gallico was born in New York City.
1906 Comedienne Gracie Allen was born.
1922 Actor Jason Robarts, Jr. was born in Chicago.
1922 Movie maker Blake Edwards was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1928 Movie maker Stanley Kubrick was born in the Bronx.
1943 Rock star Mick Jagger was born in Dartford, England.
1948 Figure skating champion Dorothy Hamill was born.
1959 Actor Kevin Spacey was born in
South Orange, New Jersey.
1964 Actress Sandra Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia.
July 27
1776 George Washington established his headquarters
at Newburgh, New York.
1866 Cyrus W. Field laid a telegraph cable across
the Atlantic Ocean.
1940 Bugs Bunny made his debut in A Wild Hare.
1948 Figure skating champion Peggy Fleming was born
in San Jose, California.
1974 The House Judiciary Committee voted, 27 to 11, to impeach President
Richard Nixon on a charge of obstructing justice.
July 28
1868 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was declared ratified.
It defines citizens of the US and forbids the states from abridging
the privileges or immunities of citizens and depriving any person of life,
liberty, or property without due process of law, or denying any person
equal protection of the laws.
1892 Comedian Joe E. Brown was born.
1902 Philosopher Karl Popper was born in Vienna.
1931 Actor Darryl Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis on TV,
was born in Los Angeles.
1943 Basketball Hall of Fameer Bill Bradley was born
in Crystal City, Missouri.
July 29
1492 The first almanac was printed.
1805 Writer Alexis De Tocqueville was born in Paris.
1892 Actor William Powell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1900 Gaetano Bresi assassinated
King Umberto, the authoritarian ruler of Italy.
1930 Bowling great Don Carter was born in Miami.
July 30
1818 Novelist Emily Bronte was born.
1863 Industrialist Henry Ford was born
in Dearborn Township, Michigan.
1890 Yankee guru Casey Stengel was born in Kansas City,
Missouri.
1930 Sociologist and columnist Thomas Sowell was born.
1947 Body builder, movie star, and "Governator"
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Graz, Austria.
1961 Actor Laurence Fishburne was born
in Augusta, Georgia.
1963 Basketball star Chris Mullin was born
in New York city.
1973 Jesse Halliday was born in Kingston, New York.
July 31
1703 Daniel Defoe was released from the pillory.
1922 Yankee outfielder Hank Baur was born in Illinois.
1951 Tennis champion Evonne Goolagong
was born in Griffith Australia.
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