TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON: JULY 13
1099 The Crusaders launch their final assault on Jerusalem.
1585 A group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, reaches Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
1568 Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer
1754 George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to the French, leaving them in control of the Ohio Valley.
1787 Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery.
1832 Henry Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
1863 Opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting in New York City.
1865 P. T. Barnum’s American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.
1866 The Great Eastern begins a two week voyage to complete a 12-year effort to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic between Britain and the United States.
1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
1937 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is founded
1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia’s defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany
1954 In Geneva, the United States, Great Britain and France reached an accord on Indochina which divided Vietnam into two countries, North and South, along the 17th parallel.
1966 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founds the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna movement) in New York City
1977 A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.
1977 Kinney, Minnesota declares its secession from the U.S.
1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II
1985 “Live Aid” concerts held at both Wembley Stadium (London) and John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia) raises over $70 million for African famine relief
2003 Iraq’s interim governing council was inaugurated.
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
