TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JULY 18
64 Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero
1536 Pope’s authority declared void in England
1789 Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decides to back the French Revolution.
1872 The Ballot Act is passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots.
1877 Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time.
1925 Mein Kampf is published
1936 General Francisco Franco of Spain revolts against the Republican government, starting the Spanish Civil War.
1942 The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, makes its first flight.
1947 President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act.
1955 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
1968 Intel is founded
1969 Mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge
1971 New Zealand and Australia announce they will pull their troops out of Vietnam.
1994 In Buenos Aires, a massive car bomb kills 96 people.
2012 Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People’s Army
2013 Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest US municipal bankruptcy ever at $18.5 billion
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