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Holidays & Observances This Month
July 1st:
Canada Day
On Canada Day, Canadians celebrate the day the British North America Act created the Canadian federal government on July 1, 1867. This date was originally celebrated as Dominion Day up until the year 1982, when an Act of Parliament changed it to Canada Day.
July 4th:
American Independence Day
Idependence Day is a very special day in the United States. On July 4th, we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in 1776.
July 14th:
Bastille Day
The French national holiday commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 during the French Revolution.
July 20th:
Moon Day
Celebrating the crew of Apollo 11 landing and mans first steps on the moon
July 24th
Amelia Earhart Day
Honoring the life of this pioneering aviator.
This Month in History
1 July
1535 - English writer and statesman, Sir Thomas More, was tried and convicted under charges of treason. He was executed five days later. As chancellor of England, he was accused of treason for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. More is famous for his book "Utopia."
1867 - The Confederation of Upper and Lower Canada and the Maritime Provinces became the Dominion of Canada. A Canadian national holiday, Canada Day was formerly called Dominion Day until 1982, when an Act of Parliament changed it to Canada Day.
1997 - Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
4 July
1776 - Americans celebrate their independence from Britan. Independence Day remembers the approval of writing the "Declaration of Independence" in 1776. The actual signing of the document did not occur until a month later. Most of the delegates signed the Declaration on August 2, 1776, the first signature being that of John Hancock. Several signatures were obtained later ... George Wythe (Virginia) on August 27; Richard Henry Lee (Virginia), Elbridge Gerry (Massachusetts), Oliver Wolcott (Connecticut) signed in September; Matthew Thornton (New Hampshire) in November. Thomas McKean, representing Delaware, was serving in the army and was unavailable to add his ‘John Hancock’ until 1781.
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1895 - The famous song, sometimes heralded as the true United States national anthem, "America the Beautiful," was originally a poem written by Katherine Lee Bates. A professor at Wellesley College, Bates' poem was first published today in the "Congregationalist," a church newspaper.
1939 - At an emotional ceremony at New York City's Yankee Stadium, to a standing ovation by thousands of fans, Lou Gehrig retired from baseball. Fans totalling some 60,000 came out to say goodby to the "Iron Horse". Those who want to feel something like the emotion of the moment, should see the movie "Pride of the Yankees".
14 July
1789 - The people of Paris took over the Bastille, a state prison that symbolized the absolutism of the monarchy of Louis XVI, marking the beginning of the French Revolution. The storm of the prison is known as Bastille Day ("Le Jour de la Bastille") and is celebrated as the dawn of democracy in France.
1914 - Liquid rocket-fuel was patented by Robert H. Goddard of Worcester, Massachusetts.
1965 - The satellite Mariner 4, launched in 1964, became the first to send photographs from Mars and transmitted for over eight hours.
20 July
1801 - At Elisha Brown, Jr's farm, a 1,235 pound cheese ball was pressed. The huge ball of cheese would be loaded onto a horse-drawn wagon and presented to then President Thomas Jefferson at the White House.
1942 - The first WAACS, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, began thier training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Years later, the name would be change to WACS.
1969 - With Apollo 11 orbiting above, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, nearly 240,000 miles from earth, spoke these words to millions listening at home: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." A moment later, he stepped of the lunar module Eagle, becoming the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. That first step was taken with Armstrong's left foot.
24 July
1897 - Amelia Mary Earhart is born on this day in Atchison, Kansas.
1933 - During his fourth such "Fireside Chat", United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt showed why the discussion was a real fireside chat, when he stopped speaking and, on the air, (this was radio) and asked for a glass of water. Roosevelt took a sip before continuing. The term "fireside chat," was dubbed by newsman Robert Trout, because of realistic moments like this.
1974 - Overweight singer Cass Elliot, formally with the popular singing group The Mamas and The Papas, died at the age of 33, in London, England. Although popular rumors claimed that the talented woman had choked to death while eating a ham sandwich, the official autopsy stated that Elliot's death was due to a heart attack brought about by her overweight condition. She passed away in the same London flat where singer Keith Moon died four years later.
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Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
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