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07-16-2009, 06:33 PM #131
Wow thanks for the response. Hopefully it'll get you to stick around the thread. Stay tuned each and everyday!
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07-17-2009, 05:16 PM #132
July 17, 1955 - Disneyland Opens
Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 14 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion.
Other significant events...
July 17, 1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
July 17, 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad commences in modern-day Volgograd.
July 17, 1975 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
July 17, 1998 – Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
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07-18-2009, 11:16 AM #133
July 18, 1936 - Spanish Civil War Begins
On this day in history, the Spanish Civil War began as General Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa. The war, which lasted nearly three years, devastated Spain and resulted in a Nationalist victory, dissolving the Second Spanish Republic and establishing the state of Spain.
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July 18, 64 - The Great Fire of Rome begins to burn.
July 18, 1536 - The authority of the pope was declared void in England.
July 18, 1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
July 18, 1927 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,000th career hit.
July 18, 1940 - The Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated President Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term in office.
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07-18-2009, 03:50 PM #134
Really! I did not know that! I think I have my history dates off in my head!
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07-18-2009, 07:32 PM #135
Are you referring to the Spanish Civil War date or another moment?
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07-19-2009, 10:51 AM #136
July 19, 1969 - Apollo 11 Begins Orbit Around the Moon
On this date in history, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon. The very next day, July 20, Aldrin and Armstrong would become the first men to set foot on the moon as Collins orbited above.
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July 19, 1692 - Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
July 19, 1848 - A pioneer women's rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
July 19, 1870 - The Franco-Prussian war, which led to the unification of the German states, began.
July 19, 1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign in Europe.
July 19, 1990 - Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose was sentenced in Cincinnati to five months in prison for tax evasion.
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07-19-2009, 10:53 AM #137
Thanks for posting these!
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07-19-2009, 11:20 AM #138
Thank YOU for tuning in!
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07-19-2009, 11:23 AM #139
oh definately i read every one
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07-19-2009, 11:41 AM #140
Great, thanks for the read!
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