Tag: todays history
History of 25 July
History of 25 July
1907 - Korea became a protectorate of Japan.
1909 - French aviator Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in a monoplane....
History of 24 July
History of 24 July
1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne, which settled the boundaries of modern Turkey, was concluded in Switzerland.
1929 - U.S. President Hoover...
History of 23 July
History of 23 July
1904 - The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO.
1914 -...
History of 22 July
History of 22 July
1926 - Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane...
History of 21 July
History of 21 July
1925 - The "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, TN. John T. Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating the state prohibition...
History of 20 July
History of 20 July
1917 - The draft lottery in World War I went into operation.
1935 - NBC radio debuted "G-men." The show was later...
History of 19 July
History of 19 July
1909 - The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball was made by Cleveland Indians shortstop Neal Ball in a game...
History of 18 July
History of 18 July
1914 - Six planes of the U.S. Army helped to form an aviation division called the Signal Corps.
1927 - Ty Cobb set a...
History of 17 July
History of 17 July
1917 - The British royal family adopted the Windsor name.
1920 - Sinclair Lewis finished his novel "Main Street."
1941 - The longest...
History of 16 July
History of 16 July
1912 - Bradley A. Fiske patented the airplane torpedo.
1926 - The first underwater color photographs appeared in "National Geographic" magazine. The...
History of 15 July
History of 15 July
1901 - Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steelworkers went on strike.
1904 - The first Buddhist temple in the U.S. was established in Los Angeles, CA.
1916 -...
History of 14 July
History of 14 July
1900 - European Allies retook Tientsin, China, from the rebelling Boxers.
1908 - "The Adventures of Dolly" opened at the Union Square...