Today in history 7/5/2021

Today in history, The Declaration of Independence is first printed by John Dunlop in Philadelphia in 1776.

Today in history, A Spanish army repels the British during their attempt to retake Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1806.

Today in history, The German government begins curtailing freedom of the press after German Democrats advocate a revolt against Austrian rule in 1832.

Today in history, Andrew Beard (see picture below) is issued a patent for the rotary engine in 1892.

Today in history, The Battle of Kursk (see picture below), the largest tank battle in history, begins in 1943.

Today in history, American forces engage the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea in 1950.

Today in history 7/18/2020

Today in history, Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decides to back the French Revolution in 1789.

Today in history, Uruguay adopts a liberal constitution in 1830.

Today in history, Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Blackburn’s Ford, Virginia, in a prelude to the Battle of Bull Run in 1861.

Today in history, Inventor Thomas Edison (see picture below) records the human voice for the first time in 1877.

Today in history, General Francisco Franco (see picture below) of Spain revolts against the Republican government, starting the Spanish Civil War in 1936.

Today in history, The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, makes its first flight in 1942.

Today in history 7/5/2020

Today in history, The Declaration of Independence is first printed by John Dunlop in Philadelphia in 1776.

Today in history, A Spanish army repels the British during their attempt to retake Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1806.

Today in history, The German government begins curtailing freedom of the press after German Democrats advocate a revolt against Austrian rule in 1832.

Today in history, Andrew Beard (see picture below) is issued a patent for the rotary engine in 1892.

Today in history, The Battle of Kursk (see picture below), the largest tank battle in history, begins in 1943.

Today in history, American forces engage the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea in 1950.

Today in history 6/21/2020

Today in history, The Peace of Breda ends the Second Anglo-Dutch War as the Dutch cede New Amsterdam to the English in 1667.

Today in history, Christopher Wren begins work on rebuilding St. Paul’s Cathedral in London after the Great Fire in 1675.

Today in history, C. H. McCormick patents the first practical reaper in 1834.

Today in history, Britain celebrates the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

Today in history, Germany uses poison gas for the first time in warfare in the Argonne Forest in 1915.

Today in history, Baseball legend Lou Gehrig (see picture below) is forced to quit baseball because of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–a disease which wastes muscles in 1939.

Today in history, Dr. Peter Goldmark (see picture below) demonstrates his “long-playing” record in 1948.

Today in history 5/29/2020

Today in history, Constantinople falls to Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire in 1463.

Today in history, Charles II is restored to the English throne, succeeding the short-lived Commonwealth in 1660.

Today in history, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution in 1790.

Today in history, Wisconsin becomes the thirtieth state in 1848.

Today in history, A patent for lifting vessels is granted to Abraham Lincoln in 1849

Today in history, The Indianapolis 500 is run for the first time in 1911.

Today in history, The U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport not subject to antitrust laws in 1922.

Today in history, C. F. Blair (see picture below) becomes the first man to fly over the North Pole in single-engine plane in 1951.

Today in history, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (see picture below) become the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953.