TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JULY 23
1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
1298 Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany
1637 King Charles of England hands over the American colony of Massachusetts to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, one of the founders of the Council of New England.
1664 Wealthy, non-church members in Massachusetts are given the right to vote.
1829 William A. Burt patents his “typographer,” an early typewriter.
1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada
1865 William Booth founds the Salvation Army.
1868 The 14th Amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to African Americans.
1903 The Ford Motor Company sells its first automobile, the Model A.
1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo
1914 Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
1952 Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and, for the first time since the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson began pushing for a War on Poverty requesting $962,000 from Congress for improving literacy, drug rehabilitation and employment programs.
1965 Beatles “Help” is released in the UK
1967 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter
1982 International Whaling Commission bans commercial whale hunting
1995 In Alaska BP America has agreed to pay an additional $20 million in Back taxes to the state of Alaska , this is on top of an earlier settlement to the state in 1993 of $650 million.
1995 Two astronomers, Alan Hale in New Mexico and Thomas Bopp in Arizona, almost simultaneously discover a comet.
1997 Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2003 The Massachusetts attorney general report claims clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese possibly sexually abused more than 1,000 children over sixty years.
2005 A number of bombs have been exploded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh by Terrorist attacks. The latest figures indicate nearly 100 are dead including tourists staying at a Hotel that was targeted, and many more injured.
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