August 13 in Pop Culture History
August 13 in Pop Culture History 1521 - Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes captured Aztec leader Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 1868 (Earthquake & Tsunami) Arica, Chile...
August 12 in Pop Culture History
August 12 in Pop Culture History 30 BC - Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, committed suicide, by means of an asp bite. 1851 -...
August 11 in Pop Culture History
August 11 in Pop Culture History 3114 BC - The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, began. This was the calendar that caused the Friday, December...
August 10 in Pop Culture History
August 10 in Pop Culture History 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville, Spain to circumnavigate the globe. 1675 - The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in...
August 9 in Pop Culture History
August 9 in Pop Culture History 1483 - Opening of the restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Roselli contributed. Michelangelo...
August 8 in Pop Culture History
August 8 in Pop Culture History 1786 - Mont Blanc on the French/Italian border was climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard. 1786 - Coinage...
August 7 in Pop Culture History
August 7 in Pop Culture History 1782 - George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It was later renamed the...
August 6 in Pop Culture History
August 6 in Pop Culture History https://youtu.be/uxVVgBAosqg 2013 - NASA programmed the Curiosity Rover to sing itself “Happy Birthday”, on the anniversary of it's landing date August 6, 2012. 1787...
August 5 in Pop Culture History
August 5 in Pop Culture History 1305 - William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured by the English near Glasgow. Mel Gibson starred in a dramatization...
August 4 in Pop Culture History
August 4 in Pop Culture History 70 - The Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. 1693 - Celebratory date for Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne. 1790 -...
August 3 in Pop Culture History
August 3 in Pop Culture History 1492 - Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain towards, he expected to find Asia. 1769 - The La Brea Tar...
August 2 in Pop Culture History
August 2 in Pop Culture History 1610 - Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay (he thought he had made it through the Northwest Passage, and...
The Twist by Chubby Checker
1962 - The Year of Chubby Checker and The Twist Chubby Checker's version of The Twist came out August 1, 1960 and he followed it up with non-stop touring, The...
August 1 in Pop Culture History
August 1 in Pop Culture History 1774 - British scientist Joseph Priestley re-discovered oxygen (the gas), verifying the discovery of it by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 1790 - The...
July 31 in Pop Culture History
July 31 in Pop Culture History 781 - The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. 1492 - Jews were expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree took effect....
July 30 in Pop Culture History
July 30 in Pop Culture History 762 - Baghdad was founded by caliph Al-Mansur. 1619 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses,...
July 29 in Pop Culture History
July 29 in Pop Culture History 1148 - The Siege of Damascus ended with a crusader defeat and lead end of the Second Crusade. 1836 - Inauguration of the Arc...
July 28 in Pop Culture History
July 28 in Pop Culture History 1854 - The USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, was commissioned. 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the...
July 27 in Pop Culture History
July 27 in Pop Culture History 1694 - A Royal charter was granted to the Bank of England. 1789 - The first US federal government agency, the Department of Foreign...
July 26 in Pop Culture History
July 26 in Pop Culture History 1745 - "The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden...
July 25 in Pop Culture History
July 25 in Pop Culture History 306 - Constantine I (Constantine The Great) was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 1593 - Henry IV of France converted from Protestantism to...
July 24 in Pop Culture History
July 24 in Pop Culture History REMINDER: If you have promised your significant other that you will love them 7/24, TODAY is 7/24. 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was...
July 23 in Pop Culture History
July 23 in Pop Culture History 1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patented (#5581X) the typographer, an early typewriter. 1926 - Fox Film bought the patents of...
July 22 in Pop Culture History
July 22 in Pop Culture History 1587 - A second group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. 1796 - Surveyors of...
July 21 in Pop Culture History
July 21 in Pop Culture History 356 BC - The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson. 1865 - In...
July 20 in Pop Culture History
July 20 in Pop Culture History 1903 - The Ford Motor Company shipped its first car. 1938 - The United States Department of Justice filed suit in New York City...
July 19 in Pop Culture History
July 19 in Pop Culture History 64 - Great Fire of Rome occurred, destroying half of the city. Contrary to rumors, Nero did not play the fiddle while it burned,...
July 18 in Pop Culture History
July 18 in Pop Culture History 1870 - The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility. 1925 - Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf. 1960 - #1 Hit July...
July 17 in Pop Culture History
July 17 in Pop Culture History 1429 - Charles VII of France was crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc....
July 16 in Pop Culture History
July 16 in Pop Culture History 622 - The 354 day Islamic Calendar was established. 1661 - The first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco....
