Today in history 7/21/2020

7/21/2017:

Today in history, Henry IV defeats the Percys in the Battle of Shrewsbury in England in 1403.

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

Today in history, Russia and Turkey sign the Treaty of Pruth, ending the year-long Russo-Turkish War in 1711.

Today in history, In the first major battle of the Civil War, Confederate forces defeat the Union Army along Bull Run near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The battle becomes known as Manassas by the Confederates, while the Union calls it Bull Run in 1861.

Today in history, Wild Bill Hickok kills gunman Dave Tutt in Springfield, Missouri, in what is regarded as the first formal quick-draw duel in 1865.

Today in history, The James Gang (see picture below) robs a train in Adair, Iowa in 1873.

Today in history, Mary Church Terrell founds the National Association of Colored Women in Washington, D.C. in 1896.

Today in history, John Scopes is found guilty for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tenn., and is fined $100 in 1925.

Today in history, Sirimavo Bandaranaike (see picture below) becomes the first woman prime minister of Ceylon in 1960.

Today in history 7/15/2020

Today in history, Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders in 1099.

Today in history, Poles and Lithuanians defeat the Teutonic knights at Tannenberg, Prussia in 1410.

Today in history, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins his western expedition from Fort Belle Fontaine in 1806.

Today in history, Napoleon Bonaparte‘s representatives meet with the Allies in Prague to discuss peace terms in 1813.

Today in history, Confederate raider Bill Anderson and his Bushwhackers (see picture below) attack Huntsville, Missouri, stealing $45,000 from the local bank in 1863.

Today in history, President Dwight Eisenhower (see picture below) sends 5,000 Marines to Lebanon to keep the peace in 1958.

Today in history, John F. Kennedy (see picture below) accepts the Democratic nomination for president.

Today in history 7/14/2020

Today in history, Hungarians defeat the Ottomans at the Battle of Belgrade, in present-day Yugoslavia in 1456.

Today in history, France and Portugal sign the Treaty of Lyons, aligning themselves against Spain in 1536.

Today in history, The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, is stormed by a mob in 1789.

Today in history, European Allies retake Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers in 1900.

Today in history, Howard Hughes (see picture below) and crew set a new world record for an around-the-world flight in 1938.

Today in history, The George Washington Carver National Monument (see picture below) in Joplin, Missouri becomes the first national park honoring an African American in 1951.

Today in history 5/22/2020

Today in history, Henry Raspe is elected anti-king by the Rhenish prelates in France in 1246.

Today in history, The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri in 1804.

Today in history, The “Great Train Robbery” takes place as seven members of the Reno Gang (see picture below) make off with $98,000 in cash from a train’s safe in Indiana in 1868.

Today in history, The United States formally recognizes Korea in 1882.

Today in history, The Wright brothers (see picture below) register their flying machine for a U.S. patent in 1908.

Today in history, The children’s program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood premiers in 1967.

Today in history, Johnny Carson’s final appearance (see picture below) on The Tonight Show on NBC, after 30 years as the program’s host in 1992.

Today in history, Following a 200-year search for the tomb of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus his remains are reburied in Frombork Cathedral in 2010

Today in history, The Republic of Ireland, long known as a conservative, predominantly Catholic country, becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum in 2015.

Today in history 5/14/2020

Today in history, King Henry III is captured by his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, at the Battle of Lewes in 1264.

Today in history, At the Battle of Agnadello, the French defeat the Venitians in Northern Italy in 1509.

Today in history, English physician Edward Jenner (see picture below) gives the first successful smallpox vaccination in 1796.

Today in history, Explorer William Clark sets off from St. Louis, Missouri in 1804.

Today in history, Gail Borden (see picture below) applies for a patent for condensed milk in 1853.

Today in history, Guglielmo Marconi (see picture below) sends the first communication by wireless telegraph in 1897.

Today in history, “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa (see picture below) is performed for the first time in Philadelphia. in 1897.

Today in history, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (see picture below) establishes the State of Israel in 1848.

Today in history, The U.S. space station Skylab is launched in 1973.