This Day In History...

[rchurchward]

Thanks, Ryan.

[rchurchward]

July 21, 1861 - The First Battle of Bull Run

Three months after the Civil War erupted at Fort Sumter, Union military command still believed that the Confederacy could be crushed quickly and with little loss of life. In July, this overconfidence led to a premature offensive into northern Virginia by General McDowell. In the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell is routed by a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard.

Other significant events...
July 21, 356 BC – Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
July 21, 1831 - Belgium became independent as Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians.
July 21, 1925 - The Scopes ("Monkey") Trial ended with John Scopes convicted of violating state law by teaching evolution.
July 21, 1954 - France surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists.
July 21, 2002 - Telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection after disclosing it had inflated profits by nearly $4 billion through deceptive accounting.

[tyude2]

1970 - After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.

[rchurchward]

Thanks Ryan

[tyude2]

Thanks Ryan

you are welcome btw where do u get ur info

[rchurchward]

Various sources, and my head.

[tyude2]

Various sources, and my head.

same here

[rchurchward]

July 22, 1894 - The First Motorized Race Held

On this day in history, the first ever motorized race was held in France, between the cities of Paris and Rouen. This French steam-powered wagonette for hire (shown above) was in attendance at the world's first organized motorcar race, the Paris-Rouen event held in July of 1894. It may have been one of the 102 entries. Twenty-one cars started the 80 mile race, the first vehicle finished in five hours and forty minutes. The winner was Jules de Dion.

Other significant events...
July 22, 1587 - Second colony of Roanoke founded in North Carolina after the first colony mysteriously disappeared.
July 22, 1933 - American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 1/2 hours.
July 22, 1934 - Public Enemy No. 1, John Dillinger, was gunned down by FBI agents outside a theater in Chicago, Illinois.
July 22, 1942 - The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw, Poland ghetto begins during the Holocaust.
July 22, 1991 - Police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
July 22, 1994 - O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
July 22, 2003 - Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai were killed when U.S. forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq.
July 22, 2003 - Months after her prisoner-of-war ordeal, Private 1st Class Jessica Lynch returned home to a hero's welcome in Elizabeth, West Virginia.
July 22, 2004 - The September 11 commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9/11 attacks.

[OnePimpTiger]

July 22, 1894 - The First Motorized Race Held

On this day in history, the first ever motorized race was held in France, between the cities of Paris and Rouen. This French steam-powered wagonette for hire (shown above) was in attendance at the world's first organized motorcar race, the Paris-Rouen event held in July of 1894. It may have been one of the 102 entries. Twenty-one cars started the 80 mile race, the first vehicle finished in five hours and forty minutes. The winner was Jules de Dion.

Awesome...The start of F1! 80 miles in 5h 45m...would love to see this recreated today w/F1 cars. 5m 45s!

[rchurchward]

Awesome...The start of F1! 80 miles in 5h 45m...would love to see this recreated today w/F1 cars. 5m 45s!

Hahah yeah that'd be awesome. It's interesting to think about how "riveting" that race must have been. 80 miles in nearly 6 hours with 102 cars. Couldn't have been too exciting. But definitely ground-breaking.