On this date in history, these events happened.
July 3, 1608 - Samuel de Champlain founds the city of
Quebec.
July 3, 1775 - George Washington takes command of the
Continental Army.
July 3, 1806 - The first cultivated strawberry is displayed
July 4, 1776 – U.S. Independence Day. The American colonies declare
independence from Britain, issuing the Declaration of Independence.
July 4, 1796 -The first Independence Day celebration is
held.
July 4, 1803 - President Thomas Jefferson announces the
Louisiana Purchase. The price tag: $15Million, about 4 cents per acre.
July 4, 1884 - The Statue of Liberty is presented to the
United States in Paris, France.
July 4, 1994 - Hotmail internet email provider begins service.
July 5, 1865 – With the emergence of steam-powered road
locomotives, Great Britain creates the world's first automobile speed limit
law.
July 5, 1937 - Baseball great Joe DiMaggio hits his first
grand slam.
July 5, 1942 - Ian Fleming graduates from a training school
for spies in Canada.
July 5, 1946 - The bikini makes its debut at a Paris fashion
show.
July 5, 1994 - Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.com.
July 5, 2017 - Volvo is the first car company to announce
that by 2019 their automobiles will all be hybrid or battery powered.
July 6, 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned the King of
England upon the death of King Henry II.
July 6, 1885 - Louis Pasteur creates the anti-rabies shot.
July 6, 1898 - The U.S. Senate votes to annex Hawaii.
July 6, 1933 - In the very first All Star Baseball game, the
American League wins 5-2.
July 6, 2016 - Pokémon Go is released.
July 7, 1456 - In a retrial, Joan of Arc is acquitted of
heresy 25 years after her death.
July 7, 1928 - The Chillicothe Baking Company creates and
markets sliced bread. It is heralded as the greatest invention since.... well,
since sliced bread!
July 7, 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is the first female
nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
July 8, 1776 - Colonel John Nixon gives the first reading of
the Declaration of Independence to the citizens of Philadelphia, PA.
July 8, 1796 - The U.S. State Department issues the first
passport.
July 8, 1889 - The Wall Street Journal is published for the
first time.
July 8, 2011 - The space shuttle Atlantis is launched. It is
the last launch of the space shuttle program.
July 9, 1795 - The U.S. debt is paid off. The total:
$2,024,899.
July 9, 1815 - The first natural gas well in the U.S. is
discovered while drilling for salt in Charleston, SC.
July 9, 1947 - Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II)
and Lt. Philip Mountbatten (later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) are
engaged.
July 9, 1956 - Dick Clark hosts American Bandstand for the
very first time.
July 9, 2018 - Starbucks announces it will stop using
plastic straws by 2020, saving over 1 billion straws per year.
There you have it, This Day In History for the week of
Saturday, July 3 through Friday, July 9.
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