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TODAY IN HISTORY
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From the Library of Congress:
JULY
Completing a treacherous thousand-mile exodus, an ill and exhausted Brigham Young and fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints arrived at Utah's Great Salt Lake valley on July 24, 1847. Continue reading.
On July 23, 1904, according to some accounts, Charles E. Menches conceived the idea of filling a pastry cone with two scoops of ice cream and thereby invented the ice cream cone. Continue reading.
Roman Catholic Cardinal James Gibbons, champion of labor and advocate of the separation of church and state, was born to Irish immigrants in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 23, 1834. Continue reading.
On July 22, 1796, a party of surveyors commissioned by General Moses Cleaveland arrived at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. Continue reading.
Sculptor Alexander Calder, best known for his mobiles and innovative wire structures was born on July 22, 1898, in Pennsylvania. Continue reading.
On July 21, 1861, a dry summer Sunday, Union and Confederate troops clashed outside Manassas, Virginia, in the first major engagement of the Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run. Continue reading.
On July 21, 1899, Dr. Clarence Hemingway stepped onto the porch of his Oak Park, Illinois home and blew his cornet to announce the birth of his son, Ernest. Continue reading.
On July 20, 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention convened for a second day. Continue reading.
On July 20, 1970, the six story tin-clad novelty building known as Lucy the Elephant was moved two blocks down the street. Continue reading.
Although her exact birth date is uncertain, on July 20, 1591, the infant Anne Marbury was baptized in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Continue reading.
On July 19, 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention convened. Continue reading.
On July 19, 1869, naturalist John Muir set pen to paper to capture his experience of awakening in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Continue reading.
On July 9, 1819, Elias Howe, inventor of the first practical sewing machine, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts. Continue reading.
On July 9, 1793, Vermont completed revisions to its constitution and became the first state in the United States to prohibit slavery. Continue reading.
On July 8, 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression. Continue reading.
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, perhaps baseball's greatest pitcher ever, was born on July 7, ca. 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Continue reading.
On July 7, 1978, the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of 992 islands northeast of Australia, became an independent nation, ending eighty years of British rule. Continue reading.
Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-91) was born in Bethel, Connecticut, on July 5, 1810. Continue reading.
On July 5, 1865, William Booth, an ordained Methodist minister, and his wife, Catherine established the Christian Mission in London's poverty-stricken East End. Continue reading.
On July 2, 1863, the lines of the Battle of Gettysburg, now in its second day, were drawn into two sweeping parallel arcs. Continue reading.
On July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded the newly inaugurated U.S. President James A. Garfield in the lobby of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Depot in Washington, D.C. Continue reading.
On July 1, 1847, the United States Post Office issued its first general issue postage stamp, a five-cent stamp honoring Benjamin Franklin, the first postmaster general under the Continental Congress. Continue reading.
The Battle of Gettysburg began on July, 1, 1863. Continue reading.
On July 1, 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his volunteer cavalry, the Rough Riders, stormed Kettle Hill, then joined in the capture of the San Juan Hill complex. Continue reading.
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