
07-31-2017 On this date in 1620 Pilgrim Fathers depart Leiden for England

07-30-2017 On this date in 1863 Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder

07-29-2017 On this date in 1848 Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt

07-28-2017 On this date in 1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe

07-27-2017 On this date in 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England

07-26-2017 On this date in 1896 Vitascope Hall, 1st permanent for-profit movie theatre, opens in New Orleans

07-25-2017 On this date in 1814 English engineer George Stephenson introduces the 1st steam locomotive

07-24-2017 On this date in 1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France

07-23-2017 On this date in 1995 Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered

07-22-2017 On this date in 1456 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade)

07-21-2017 On this date in 1969 Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon

07-20-2017 On this date in 1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to US troops

07-19-2017 On this date in 1848 1st US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY

07-18-2017 On this date in 2012 Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea

07-17-2017 On this date in 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine

07-16-2017 On this date in 1861 Battle of Bull Run is fought

07-15-2017 On this date in 1799 The Rosetta Stone is found

07-14-2017 On this date in 1798 US Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing against government (that means you CNN)

07-13-2017 On this date in 1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered

07-12-2017 On this date in 1913 150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force

07-11-2017 On this date in 1405 Chinese fleet commander Zheng sets sail to explore the world

07-10-2017 On this date in 1940 Battle of Britain begins

07-09-2017 On this date in 2002 The African Union is established

07-08-2017 On this date in 1800 Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US

07-07-2017 On this date in 1947 Roswell UFO incident occured

07-06-2017 On this date in 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine

07-05-2017 On this date in 1865 US Secret Service begins operating

07-04-2017 On this date in 2017 CCTC celebrates July 4th

07-03-2017 On this date in 1884 Dow Jones publishes its 1st stock index

07-02-2017 On this date in 1823 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil

07-01-2017 On this date in 1921 The Communist Party of China is founded