July 15 in Pop Culture History
July 15 in Pop Culture History 850 (Earthquake) Iran 1149 - The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre was consecrated in Jerusalem. 1799 - The Rosetta Stone was found in...
July 14 in Pop Culture History
July 14 in Pop Culture History 1789 - Bastille Day. Tens of thousands of the citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille, the Paris fortress used as a prison to hold...
July 13 in Pop Culture History
July 13 in Pop Culture History 1787 - The Continental Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also established procedures for the admission of...
July 12 in Pop Culture History
July 12 in Pop Culture History 927 - Æthelstan, King of England, secured a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter would not ally with Viking kings, beginning...
July 11 in Pop Culture History
July 11 in Pop Culture History 1796 - The United States took possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty. 1798 - The United States Marine...
July 10 in Pop Culture History
July 10 in Pop Culture History 1553 - Lady Jane Grey began her 9 day reign on the throne of England. 1892 - The first concrete-paved street was built, on...
July 9 in Pop Culture History
July 9 in Pop Culture History 1540 - King Henry VIII of England annulled the marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. 1595 - Johannes Kepler published Mysterium cosmographicum...
July 8 in Pop Culture History
July 8 in Pop Culture History 1776 - The Liberty Bell rang at Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, inviting citizens to the first public reading of the...
July 7 in Pop Culture History
July 7 in Pop Culture History 1456 - A retrial verdict acquitted Joan of Arc of heresy, authorized by Pope Callixtus III, 25 years after she was burned alive for...
July 6 in Pop Culture History
July 6 in Pop Culture History 1189 - Richard I "the Lionheart" acceded to the English throne. 1348 - Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull (rule) protecting the Jews...
50 United States Quick Facts
50 United States Quick Facts US State #1. Delaware - Capitol: Dover, joined on Dec. 7, 1787, nickname: The First State US State #2. Pennsylvania - Capitol: Harrisburg, joined on...
July 5 in Pop Culture History
July 5 in Pop Culture History 1687 - Isaac Newton published Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. (Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica) 1841 - Thomas Cook organized the first package excursion (planned...
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to...
July 4 in Pop Culture History
July 4 in Pop Culture History 1054 - A supernova was seen for several months by Chinese, Arab near the star Zeta Tauri - its remnants form the Crab Nebula....
July 3 in Pop Culture History
July 3 in Pop Culture History 1035 - William the Conqueror became the Duke of Normandy, 1819 - The Bank of Savings in New York City, an early savings bank...
July 2 in Pop Culture History
July 2 in Pop Culture History 1698 - Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. 1776 - The Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great...
July 1 in Pop Culture History
July 1 in Pop Culture History 1770 - Lexell's Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history. 1819 - Johann Georg Tralles discovered the Great...
June 30 in Pop Culture History
June 30 in Pop Culture History 1831 - A patent for a platform scale was issued to brothers Erastus and Thaddeus S. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 1859 - Jean-Francois...
June 29 in Pop Culture History
June 29 in Pop Culture History 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground. 1889 - Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed...
June 28 in Pop Culture History
June 28 in Pop Culture History 1635 - Guadeloupe became a French colony. 1832 - The first American case of a cholera epidemic was reported in New York City. 1838...
June 27 in Pop Culture History
June 27 in Pop Culture History 1556 - The thirteen Stratford Martyrs were burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of...
June 26 in Pop Culture History
June 26 in Pop Culture History 1498 - The bristle toothbrush was invented in China. 1797 - Charles Newbold was issued a patent (#X000177) for an improvement for the cast-iron...
June 25 in Pop Culture History
June 25 1867 - Barbed wire was patented (#66,182) by Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio. 1876 - Native American forces, led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, defeated...
June 24 in Pop Culture History
June 24 in History 1374 - An early morning, sudden outbreak of 'St. John's Dance' caused people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump...
June 23 in Pop Culture History
June 23 in Pop Culture History 1683 - William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. 1860 - The United States Congress established the Government Printing...
June 22 in Pop Culture History
June 22 1633 - The Holy Office in Rome forced Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe 1870 -...
June 21 in Pop Culture History
June 21 in Pop Culture History 1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent (#X008277) for his grain reaping machine. 1877 - The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of...
