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1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces
potatoes to Europe
1588 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's
Queen Elizabeth I
1821 Peru declared its independence from Spain
1851 Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype
photograph
1858 The first intercollegiate regatta began in
Worcester, MA
1866 Metric system becomes a legal measurement
system in US
1883 Water tricycle crossed the English Channel
1896 City of Miami incorporated
1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
1914 Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof
Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)
1930 Record high temperature of 114° in Greensburg,
KY
1931 Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner"
our 2nd national anthem
1931 State record high temperature of 118°
in Orofino, Idaho
1932 Federal troops disperse Bonus
Marchers
1933 The singing telegram was
introduced
1933 NFL divides into 2, 5 team divisions
1939 Judy Garland "Over the Rainbow"
for Decca Records
1943 President FDR announces end of coffee rationing
in US
1945 US Army bomber crashes into 79th floor of
Empire State Building
1951 Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland"
released
1951 "Come On-a My House" by Rosemary
Clooney topped the charts
1954 The Crew Cuts topped the
pop singles chart with "Sh-Boom (Life Could Be
a Dream)"
1956 "I Almost Lost My Mind" by Pat
Boone shared #1
1956 "I Want You, I Need You, I
Love You" by Elvis Presley shared #1
1957 White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times
in a game
1958 "Patricia" by Perez Prado topped
the charts
1962 "Roses Are Red (My Love)" by Bobby
Vinton topped the charts
1964 US Ranger 7 launched for lunar
impact
1973 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce
topped the charts
1976 Eldon Joersz & George Morgan set world air
speed record of 2193.5 mph
1977 First oil flow through the Alaska
pipeline
1978 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in
NY
1979 "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer topped
the charts
1983 AL Pres Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision
& allows George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game)
1984 "When Doves Cry" by Prince topped
the charts
1988 Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play
yet beats Brewers 16-3
1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50
straight stolen bases
1990 "She Ain't Worth It" by Glenn Medeiros
featuring Bobby Brown topped the charts
1996 "You're Makin' Me High" by Toni
Braxton topped the charts
