This Week In #History ... June 27th - July 3rd
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Jun 27
1693 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn
1867 Bank of California opens doors
1909 Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Netherlands (Belgium count De Lambert)
1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
1929 1st color TV demo, New York City
1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0)
1950 North Korean troops reach Seoul, United Nations ask members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized, Cambridge Mass
1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1978 U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
2008 Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work
2010 The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held
Jun 28
1245 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston
1820 Tomato is proven non-poisonous
1902 U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France
1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper
1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois
1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs
1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
2009 Somali pirates released the entire crew of the Belgian the Pompei dredger, a ship seized on April 18, after a ransom was paid
Jun 29
1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands, Canada
1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay
1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe
1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops
1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
1946 Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist
1955 Argentine state of siege ends
1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released
1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual
1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse race
1994 Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan
2010 General Stanley McChrystal, leader of the U.S. war Afghanistan announces his retirement after making controversial statements in 'Rolling Stone' magazine
Jun 30
1397 Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published
1859 Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1900 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks, New Jersey, 326 die
1910 Russia absorbs Finland
1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast, Schenectady NY
1939 Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde
1953 1st Corvette manufactured
1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment
1981 China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy
1990 East and West Germany merge their economies
1998 Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case
2010 The 15th President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is sworn in, as is the 15th Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay
Jul 1
70 Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem
1097 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea
1517 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands
1674 Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance
1820 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published"
1867 Dominion of Canada forms (New Bruns, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec)
1903 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
1913 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria
1923 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Mass)
1934 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York
1943 "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks
1950 1st 407 U.S. soldiers flown to South Korea
1960 No passports needed inside Benelux
1970 Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (New York City)
1981 Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam
1993 1 second is added to the clock
2010 In volume, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill has overtaken Ixtoc I to become the worst oceanic oil spill in U.S. recorded history
Jul 2
1214 English king John begins siege around Lille France
1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea
1687 King James II disbands English parliament
1808 Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam
1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies
1906 Yankees win by forfeit, for their 1st time
1916 Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism
1928 British parliament accept female sufferage
1935 Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in 1st International Golden Gloves
1947 Military coup discovered in France
1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
1970 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels
1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman
1990 Panic in tunnel of Mecca, 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death
2010 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel states he will not apologize to Turkey for the Gaza flotilla clash, and that the injured will not receive any compensation
Jul 3
1187 Crusaders enter Tiberias
1608 Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
1754 George Washington surrenders to French, Ft. Necessity (7 Years' War)
1819 1st savings bank in U.S. (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors
1886 1st New York Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine
1898 American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1913 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
1923 Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
1932 John McGraw retires from baseball
1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-628
1954 Food rationing ends in Britain
1962 Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains independence on 7/5)
1970 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
1980 1st U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo
1989 The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
2010 A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing over 230 people and injuring