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. 1790 – The first US patent (X000001) as issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. 1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow …
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, convenes for the first time. 1729 – Founding of Baltimore, Maryland. 1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States was constituted …
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 de Triomphe de l’Étoile (Arch of Triumph of the Star) in Paris, France. 1914 – The 7 mile long Cape Cod Canal opened in Massachusetts. …
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 United States Constitution was certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. 1896 – The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated. 1945 …
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 Affairs, was established (later renamed the Department of State). 1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, …
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 Common, near Guildford, between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white. The Bramley maids had blue ribbons and the …
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 Roman Catholicism. 1668 (Earthquake) China 1788 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor. 1861 – The United States Congress passed …
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 forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI, after the sudden death of one husband and the quick marriage to another. 1823 …
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 the Movietone sound system, for recording sound onto film. 1961 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front was founded in Nicaragua. 1962 – Telstar relayed the …
