Transcript This_month in history July 2016

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
01/07/1851. Proclamation of the State of
Victoria.
01/07/1863. The battle of Gettysburg begins
during the American Civil War.
01/07/1916. Battle of the Somme in W.W.1.
begins.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
01/07/1921. The Communist party of China is
formed.
01/07/1942. The 1st. Battle of “El Alamein” takes
place during W. W. 2.
01/07/1974. Juan Peron. President of Argentina
dies.
01/07/1960. Ghana becomes a republic.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
01/07/1991. The Warsaw Pact is officially
dissolved.
01/07/1997. Hong Kong reunited with China
after 99 years as a British overseas
territory.
01/07/2000. Walter Matthau. American
comedian dies.
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JULY
01/07/2004. Marlon Brando. Famous American
actor dies.
02/07/1556. Nostradamus. French Astrologer
dies.
02/07/1777. Vermont becomes the 1st.
American State to abolish Slavery.
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JULY
02/07/1908. Thurgood Marshall. The first Black
person appointed as a Judge to the
U.S. Supreme Court is born.
02/07/1929. Imelda Marcos. The 1st. Lady of the
Philippines is born.
02/07/1961. Ernest Hemmingway. Famous
American author dies.
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JULY
02/07/1964. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson
signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
into law.
02/07/1973. Betty Grable. Famous American
actress dies.
02/07/1989. Andrei Gromyko. Soviet Foreign
Minister 1957 – 1985 dies.
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JULY
02/07/1993. Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop.
Australian War hero dies.
02/07/1999. Mario Puzo. American author dies.
02/07/2002. Steve Fossett becomes the 1st.
person to fly non stop around the
world in a balloon.
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JULY
03/07/1963. Tom Cruise. American actor is born.
03/07/1994. Lew Hoad. Australian Tennis great
dies.
03/07/2013. President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt
is overthrown by Military Coup.
04/07/1776. The United States Declaration of
Independence is adopted.
American Independence Day.
THIS OMTH IN HISTORY
JULY
04/07/1807. Guiseppe Garibaldi. Italian patriot
is born.
04/07/1826. John Adams. The 2nd. President of
the U.S.A. dies.
04/07/1826. Thomas Jefferson. The 3rd.
President of the U.S.A. dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTYORY
JULY
05/07/1945. John Curtin - Australia’s Wartime
Prime Minister – dies.
05/07/1954. The B.B.C. broadcasts its 1st.
Television program.
05/07/2012. The Shard in London is
inaugurated as Europe’s tallest
building at 1020 feet.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
06/07/1483. Richard 3rd. is crowned King of
England.
06/07/1535. Sir Thomas More is beheaded.
06/07/1946. George W Bush. 43rd. President of
the U.S.A. is born.
07/07/1985. Boris Becker becomes the
youngest person ever to win the
Men’s Singles Final at Wimbledon
at age 17.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
07/07/2014. Alfredo Di Stefano. Argentinian &
Real Madrid footballer dies.
He is widely regarded as one of
the greatest footballers of all
time.
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JULY
08/07/1838. Count von Zeppelin. German
Inventor is born.
09/07/1797. Edmund Burke. British Philosopher
& Statesman dies.
09/07/1816. Argentina declared its
Independence from Spain.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
10/07/1509. John.Calvin. French religious
reformer is born.
10/07/1940. Battle of Britain in W.W.2. begins.
10/07/1973. The Bahamas becomes
independent from Great Britain.
10/07/1985. The Greenpeace ship: the Rainbow
Warrior is sunk in Auckland
Harbour by French Secret agents.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
11/07/1274. Robert 1. (Robert the Bruce) King
of Scotland is born.
11/07/1899. E.B. White. Author who wrote
Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web
is born.
11/07/1916. Gough Whitlam. Australian Prime
Minister 1972 – 1975. is born
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JULY
12/07/
Orangeman’s Day Northern Ireland.
12/07/1920. Panama Canal opened.
13/07/1791. Allan Cunningham. British explorer
& botanist who discovered
Australia’s Darling Downs in
Queensland is born.
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JULY
14/10/1933. All political parties except the Nazi
party are outlawed in Germany.
14/07/2012. Bastille Day. French citizens
stormed the Bastille in 1789
beginning the French Revolution.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
HISTORY
15/07/1606. Rembrant. French painter is born.
16/07/622. The Journey of Mohammad & his
followers from Mecca to Medina
occurs. The founding of Islam.
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JULY
16/07/1704. John Kay. Inventor of the weaving
machine is born.
16/07/1872. Roald Amundsen. Norwegian
explorer is born.
16/10/1910. Stan McCabe. Famous Australian
cricketer is born.
16/07/1945. 1st. Atomic Bomb is exploded in
New Mexico.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
16/07/1945. The 3 allied leaders: Harry S
Truman, Joseph Stalin & Winston
Churchill meet at Potsdam to
discuss the future of a defeated
Germany in W.W.2.
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JULY
17/07/1936. Spanish Civil War begins.
17/07/2009. Famous American Broadcaster
Walter Cronkite dies. He anchored
the CBS news. He announced to
the world the assassinations of
President John F. Kennedy, Martin
Luther King & John Lennon.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
17/07/2014. Malaysian Flight MH 17 is shot
down over the Ukraine killing
all 300 people on board including
38 Australians.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY.
JULY
18/07/1610. Michelangelo. Italian artist dies.
18/07/1811. William Makepeace Thackeray.
English author is born.
18/07/1848. W.G. Grace. Famous English
cricketer is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
18/07/1909. Andrei Gromyko. Soviet Foreign
Minister 1957 -1985 is born.
18/07/1918. Nelson Mandela. Former president
of South Africa & winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize is born.
18/07/1921. John Glenn. The first American
Astronaut to orbit the earth is
born.
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JULY
18/07/1925. Adolf Hitler publishes
“Mein Kamp”.
18/07/1925. Shirley Strickland. Famous
Australian Athlete who won 3
Gold Medals at the 1952 & 1956
Olympics is born.
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JULY
18/07/1950. Sir Richard Branson. Owner of
Virgin Airlines is born.
18/07/2005. General Westmorland. U.S.
commander during the Vietnam
war 1964 -1968 dies.
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JULY
19/07/1834. Edgar Degas. French painter is
born.
19/07/1870. France declares War on Prussia.
19/07/1916. Over 5,500 Australians are killed in
1 night in the Battle of Fromelles in
W.W.1.
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JULY
19/07/2013. Bert Trautmann. Former
Manchester City Goalkeeper who
played in the 1956 F.A. Cup Final
with a broken neck dies.
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JULY
20/07/356BC. Alexander The Great. Macedonian
King is born.
20/07/1822. Gregor Mendel. German scientist
who is known as the father of
Genetics is born.
20/07/1903. The Ford Motor company produces
its 1st. Car for sale to the public.
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JULY
20/07/1919. Sir Edmund Hillary. The 1st. man to
climb Mount Everest is born.
20/07/1933. A Concordat is concluded between
Germany & the Vatican
guaranteeing Diplomatic immunity
for Vatican officials during W.W.2.
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JULY
20/07/1944. Germany Army Officers fail in an
attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
20/07/1969. Neil Armstrong becomes the 1st.
man to walk on the Moon.
21/07/1899. Ernest Hemingway. American
author & Nobel Prize winner is
born.
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JULY
21/07/1899. Eric Woodward. 1st. native born
Governor of N.S.W. is born.
21/07/1954. 1ST. Indochina war. The Geneva
convention partitions Vietnam into
North & South Vietnam.
THIS MON IN HISTORY
JULY
22/07/1949. Lasse Viren is born. Finish Athlete.
Only man ever to win the Olympic
Gold Medal for the 5,000 & 10,000
metres at consecutive Olympic
games. 1972 & 1976.
22/07/1995. Harold Larwood. Famous English
Fast bowler of the “Bodyline series”
dies.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
22/07/2013. Prince George of Cambridge. The
1st son of Prince William & the
Dutchess of Cambridge is born.
23/07/1938. Bert Newton. Australian Television
show host is born.
23/07/2014. The Commonwealth Games begin
in Glasgow, Scotland.
.
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JULY
24/07/1897. Amelia Earhart. American Aviator
& 1st. woman to fly over the
Atlantic is born
24/07/1965. Australian Basketball player
Andrew Gaze is born.
25/07/1814. George Stephenson. British
Engineer, 1st. successfully
demonstrated a steam locomotive.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
25/07/1943. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is
forced to resign in W.W.2.
25/10/2010. Wikileaks led by Australian Julian
Assange publishes classified
documents about the War in
Afghanistan in one of the largest
Military leaks in U.S. history.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
26/07/1856. George Bernard Shaw. Irish
Playwright is born.
26/07/1939. John Howard. Australian Prime
Minister between 1996 & 2007
is born.
27/07/1953. A truce ending the Korean War is
signed.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
27/07/2012. The opening ceremony of the
London Olympic Games is held.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
28/07/1794. Maximilien Robespierre is
guillotined in Paris during the
French Revolution.
28/07/1821. Peru becomes independent from
Spain.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
28/07/1866.Beatrix Potter. English Children’s
author is born.
28/07/1914. Austria – Hungary declared War on
Serbia beginning W.W.1.
28/07/1923. Work began on the Sydney Harbour
Bridge.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
28/07/2001. Swimmer Ian Thorpe becomes the
1st swimmer to win 6 Gold Medals
at a single World Championship.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
29/07/1883. Benito Mussolini. Italian dictator is
born.
29/07/1907. Sir Robert Baden – Powell founds
the Boy Scouts movement.
30/07/1818. Emily Bronte. English novelist is
born.
30/07/1863. Henry Ford. Founder of the Ford
motor company is born.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
JULY
30/07/1947. Austrian born American actor
Arnold Schwarzenegger is born.
31/07/1556. Ignatius Loyola. Founder of the
Jesuit religious order dies.
31/07/1856. Christchurch New Zealand is
declared a city.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
“ That’s one small step for man, one giant leap
for mankind.”
Neil Armstrong becoming the 1st. man to set
foot on the Moon. July 20th. 1969.