What to remember about July 21st…
- 1861 1st Battle of Bull Run begins at Manassas Junction, Virginia; Union suffers “surprising” defeat
- 1873 Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off 1st successful train robbery in the American West
- 1918 German U-Boat opens fire on town of Orleans, Massachusetts and several nearby ships
- 1925 “Monkey Trial” of John Thomas Scopes ends in conviction and $100 fine; Darwin’s Theory of Evolution versus creationism
- 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators are executed one day after their failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler
- 1944 U.S. invasion to recapture Guam begins; fighting will continue through to August 10
- 1959 Boston Red Sox are final Major League Baseball team to integrate
- 1969 American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become 1st humans to walk on the moon (July 20th in North America)
- 1973 Israeli Mossad agents mistakenly kill Moroccan waiter in Norway believing him to be one of the 1972 Munich Olympic terrorists
- 2005 Muslim terrorists attempt to detonate 4 more bombs in the London transit system (see 7/7 bombings)
- 2007 Last book in the Harry Potter series is released
- 2011 NASA’s Space Shuttle program comes to an end with completion of mission STS-135 and successful landing of Atlantis
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What to remember about July 20th…
- 1864 Confederates attack in Battle of Peachtree Creek outside Atlanta; fail to drive Union from river crossing
- 1934 Teamsters violence during strike in Minneapolis leads to shooting by police; 2 strikers die and 67 wounded
- 1938 Department of Justice files suit against motion picture studios vor violation of anti-trust laws; leads to break-up of industry in 1948
- 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg’s plot to assassinate Hitler fails
- 1949 Syria and Israel sign armistice; final step to ending 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- 1951 Palestinian nationalist murders King Abdulla I of Jordan while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem
- 1968 1st Special Olympic Games begin in Chicago
- 1969 Command module of Apollo 11 lands on the moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will become 1st humans to walk on Moon
- 1973 American martial-arts film actor Bruce Lee dies (b. 1940)
- 1979 NASA’s Viking I makes 1st landing on another planet; sends back 1st photos and data from Martian surface
- 1993 Former Clinton White House counsel Vincent Foster found dead in Fort Marcy Park, VA of apparent suicide
- 1997 Completely restored USS Constitution sets sail to celebrate her 200th birthday; 1st voyage in 116 years
- 2012 In Aurora, Colorado a shooter opens fire at midnight showing of new Batman movie The Dark Night Rises ; 12 dead and 50 wounded
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Tagged 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Buzz Aldrin, Civil War, history, Islam, Israel, Movies, NASA, Navy, Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration, Special Olympics, Syria, Terrorism, unions, USS Constitution, WWII
What to remember about July 16th…
- 1779 American General “Mad” Anthony Wayne captures British fort at Stoney Point, New York in surprise midnight bayonet attack
- 1790 Congress declares Washington,D.C. to become nations capital
- 1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hits in his 56th consecutive game; still stands as longest hitting streak in baseball history
- 1942 French police begin round-up of 13,000 Jews for detention and eventual shipment to the death camp at Auschwitz
- 1945 First atomic bomb is successfully tested in New Mexico
- 1948 Israeli forces capture Nazareth in 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- 1951 J.D. Salinger’s novel “Catcher in the Rye” first published
- 1969 Apollo 11 launches from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon; “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong will land on July 20th
- 1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren Bessette die in plane crash off of Martha’s Vineyard
- 2015 Muslim immigrant and naturalized citizen Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez goes on shooting spree at 2 Navy facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee; 4 Marines and 1 Sailor killed. Terrorist killed by local police because service members worked in “gun-free” zones.
Posted in History, Israel, Lost and Found
Tagged American Revolution, Atom Bomb, baseball, Congress, history, Holocaust, Israel, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration, WWII
What to remember about August 25th…
- 0325 Convened by Roman Emperor Constantine I, the Council of Nicaea concludes 1st ecumenical debate of the early Christian church
- 1776 Political philosopher David Hume dies; his essay “Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth” inspires James Madison and others about ideal government
- 1835 New York Sun newspaper publishes series of articles detailing discovery of life on the moon; known as The Great Moon Hoax
- 1914 German troops loot and burn Catholic University of Louvain, the town, and its priceless renaissance library
- 1918 American conductor, composer, and musician Leonard Bernstein is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
- 1939 Classic American movie The Wizard of Oz opens in theater
- 1944 After 4 years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by American and French forces; formal German surrender of city the next day
- 1945 American missionary and liaison to chinese resistance fighters in China, John Birch, is murdered by communists; considered “the first casualty of the cold war”
- 1950 President Truman orders the U.S. Army to take control of railroads ahead of a planned strike by workers
- 2009 Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy, “liberal lion of the Senate”, dies of brain cancer at home in Massachusetts
- 2012 Apollo 11 aastronaut , test pilot, and U.S. Naval Aviator Neil Armstrong dies (b. 1930), 1st man to walk on the moon
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged Christianity, Cold War, Communism, Harry S. Truman, history, James Madison, John Birch, Movies, Music, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Philosophy, Rome, science fiction, Space Exploration, unions, WWI, WWII
What to remember about August 5th…
- 1620 The Mayflower departs from England on its first attempt to reach North America
- 1779 Battle for the Bronx between brigades from New York And Connecticut
- 1864 Fleet under Union Admiral Farragut defeats Confederates at the Battle of Mobile Bay; Rebels lose one of their last southern ports
- 1884 The Cornerstone is laid on Bedloe’s Island (to become Liberty Island) for the Statue of Liberty
- 1930 American Astronaut Neil Armstrong is born; 1st person to walk on the Moon
- 1962 Actress Marilyn Monroe dies in Los Angeles (b. 1926)
- 1964 In retaliation for attacks on U.S. ships in Tonkin Gulf, U.S. aircraft carriers launch strikes against targets in North Vietnam
- 1981 President Reagan fires 11,359 illegally striking air traffic controllers
- 1983 Film Risky Business released in theaters; Tom Cruise finds stardom
- 2010 Mining accident in Copiapó,Chile; traps 33 miners underground for a record 69 days
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged American Revolution, Civil War, history, Mayflower, Movies, Navy, Neil Armstrong, Ronald Reagan, Statue of Liberty, Vietnam
What to remember about July 21st…
- 1861 1st Battle of Bull Run begins at Manassas Junction, Virginia; Union suffers “surprising” defeat
- 1873 Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off 1st successful train robbery in the American West
- 1918 German U-Boat opens fire on town of Orleans, Massachusetts and several nearby ships
- 1925 “Monkey Trial” of John Thomas Scopes ends in conviction and $100 fine; Darwin’s Theory of Evolution versus creationism
- 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators are executed one day after their failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler
- 1944 U.S. invasion to recapture Guam begins; fighting will continue through to August 10
- 1959 Boston Red Sox are final Major League Baseball team to integrate
- 1969 American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become 1st humans to walk on the moon (July 20th in North America)
- 1973 Israeli Mossad agents mistakenly kill Moroccan waiter in Norway believing him to be one of the 1972 Munich Olympic terrorists
- 2005 Muslim terrorists attempt to detonate 4 more bombs in the London transit system (see 7/7 bombings)
- 2007 Last book in the Harry Potter series is released
- 2011 NASA’s Space Shuttle program comes to an end with completion of mission STS-135 and successful landing of Atlantis
Posted in Entertainment, History, Lost and Found, Terrorism
Tagged baseball, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Darwin, Civil War, crime, history, Islam, Israel, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Olympics, Space Exploration, Terrorism, WWI, WWII
What to remember about July 20th…
- 1864 Confederates attack in Battle of Peachtree Creek outside Atlanta; fail to drive Union from river crossing
- 1934 Teamsters violence during strike in Minneapolis leads to shooting by police; 2 strikers die and 67 wounded
- 1938 Department of Justice files suit against motion picture studios vor violation of anti-trust laws; leads to break-up of industry in 1948
- 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg’s plot to assassinate Hitler fails
- 1949 Syria and Israel sign armistice; final step to ending 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- 1951 Palestinian nationalist murders King Abdulla I of Jordan while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem
- 1968 1st Special Olympic Games begin in Chicago
- 1969 Command module of Apollo 11 lands on the moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will become 1st humans to walk on Moon
- 1973 American martial-arts film actor Bruce Lee dies (b. 1940)
- 1979 NASA’s Viking I makes 1st landing on another planet; sends back 1st photos and data from Martian surface
- 1993 Former Clinton White House counsel Vincent Foster found dead in Fort Marcy Park, VA of apparent suicide
- 1997 Completely restored USS Constitution sets sail to celebrate her 200th birthday; 1st voyage in 116 years
- 2012 Aurora, Colorado a shooter opens fire at midnight showing of new movie The Dark Night Rises ; 12 dead and 50 wounded in “gun-free zone”
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Buzz Aldrin, Civil War, history, Islam, Israel, Movies, NASA, Navy, Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration, Special Olympics, Syria, Terrorism, unions, USS Constitution, WWII
What to remember about July 16th…
- 1779 American General “Mad” Anthony Wayne captures British fort at Stoney Point, New York in surprise midnight bayonet attack
- 1790 Congress declares Washington,D.C. to become nations capital
- 1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hits in his 56th consecutive game; still stands as longest hitting streak in baseball history
- 1942 French police begin round-up of 13,000 Jews for detention and eventual shipment to the death camp at Auschwitz
- 1945 First atomic bomb is successfully tested in New Mexico
- 1948 Israeli forces capture Nazareth in 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- 1951 J.D. Salinger’s novel “Catcher in the Rye” first published
- 1969 Apollo 11 launches from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon; “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong will land on July 20th
- 1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren Bessette die in plane crash off of Martha’s Vineyard
- UPDATE: 2015 Muslim immigrant and naturalized citizen Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez goes on shooting spree at 2 Navy facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee; 4 Marines and 1 Sailor killed. Terrorist killed by local police because service members worked in “gun-free” zones.
Posted in History, Israel, Lost and Found
Tagged Afghanistan, American Revolution, Atom Bomb, baseball, Congress, history, Holocaust, Islam, Israel, NASA, Navy, Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration, Terrorism, WWII
What to remember about July 21st…
- 1861 1st Battle of Bull Run begins at Manassas Junction, Virginia; Union suffers “surprising” defeat
- 1873 Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off 1st successful train robbery in the American West
- 1918 German U-Boat opens fire on town of Orleans, Massachusetts and several nearby ships
- 1925 “Monkey Trial” of John Thomas Scopes ends in conviction and $100 fine; Darwin’s Theory of Evolution versus creationism
- 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators are executed one day after their failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler
- 1944 U.S. invasion to recapture Guam begins; fighting will continue through to August 10
- 1959 Boston Red Sox are final Major League Baseball team to integrate
- 1969 American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become 1st humans to walk on the moon (July 20th in North America)
- 1973 Israeli Mossad agents mistakenly kill Moroccan waiter in Norway believing him to be one of the 1972 Munich Olympic terrorists
- 2005 Muslim terrorists attempt to detonate 4 more bombs in the London transit system (see 7/7 bombings)
- 2007 Last book in the Harry Potter series is released
- 2011 NASA’s Space Shuttle program comes to an end with completion of mission STS-135 and successful landing of Atlantis
Posted in Entertainment, History, Lost and Found, Terrorism
Tagged baseball, Buzz Aldrin, Charles Darwin, Civil War, crime, history, Islam, Israel, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Olympics, Space Exploration, Terrorism, WWI, WWII
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