--Comte de Rochambeau, French commander in the Revolutionary War in America, born July 1, 1725.
--The British North America Act went into effect, establishing the Dominion of Canada, July 1, 1867.
--American troops occupied San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, July 1, 1898.
--Battle of the Somme began in World War I, July 1, 1916.
July 2
--President James Garfield shot, July 2, 1881.
--Sherman Antitrust Act passed, July 2, 1890.
--Thurgood Marshall, first black justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born July 2, 1908.
July 3
--Champlain founded Quebec, July 3, 1608.
--Furniture designer Robert Adam born July 3, 1728.
--John S. Copley, American painter, born July 3, 1738.
--Composer George M. Cohan born July 3, 1878. GRAVE
--Idaho became the 43rd state, July 3, 1890.
ETHAN CHRISTISON
July 4
--Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, and John Hancock signed it, July 4, 1776.
--Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author, born July 4, 1804.
--Work began on the Erie Canal, July 4, 1817.
--Stephen Foster, American songwriter, born July 4, 1826.
--Vicksburg surrendered to the Union Army in the Civil War, July 4, 1863.
--Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, born in Plymouth Notch, Vt., July 4, 1872.
--First Pacific cable, running between San Francisco and Manila, opened by President Theodore Roosevelt, July 4, 1903.
July 5
--P. T. Barnum, American circus owner, born July 5, 1810.
--Amendment 26, which sets the voting age at 18 in the United States, was proclaimed, July 5, 1971.
July 6
--John Paul Jones, American naval hero, born July 6, 1747.
--British troops captured Fort Ticonderoga, July 6, 1777.
--The Republican Party held its first state convention, at Jackson, Mich., July 6, 1854.
July 7
--Japanese and Chinese troops clashed, beginning the struggle that became World War II, July 7, 1937.
July 8
--John D. Rockefeller born July 8, 1839.
July 9
--Elias Howe, American inventor, born July 9, 1819.
July 10
--Protestant leader John Calvin born July 10, 1509.
--J. A. M. Whistler, American painter, born July 10, 1834.
--Wyoming became the 44th state, July 10, 1890.
DANNY WHITE
July 11
--John Q. Adams, sixth President of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., July 11, 1767.
--Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, July 11, 1804.
July 12
--Author Henry D. Thoreau born July 12, 1817.
--Inventor George Eastman born July 12, 1854.
--Andrew Wyeth, American painter, born July 12, 1917.
July 13
--Mary Emma Woolley, American educator, born July 13, 1863.
July 14
--Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States, born in Omaha, Nebr., July 14, 1913.
July 15
--Manitoba became a province of Canada, July 15, 1870.
--Second Battle of the Marne in World War I began, July 15, 1918.
July 16
--First mission in California established at San Diego by Father Junipero Serra, July 16, 1769.
--District of Columbia established, July 16, 1790.
--Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement, born July 16, 1821.
--Scientists set off the first atomic bomb, Alamogordo, N. Mex., July 16, 1945.
TANNER WHITE
July 17
--Spain officially turned Florida over to the United States, July 17, 1821.
--Spanish Civil War began, July 17-18, 1936.
July 19
--Samuel Colt, firearms inventor, born July 19, 1814.
--First woman's rights convention in United States met at Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19,1848
July 20
--British Columbia became a Canadian province, July 20, 1871.
--U.S. astronaut Neil A. Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969.
KENLEY HUNT
July 21
--First Battle of Bull Run, or Manassas, in the Civil War, July 21, 1861.
--Ernest Hemingway, American author and winner of the Nobel Prize, born July 21, 1899.
July 22
--Battle of Atlanta in the Civil War, July 22, 1864.
--Stephen Vincent Benet, American poet, born July 22, 1898.
July 24
--The Mormons settled Salt Lake City, July 24, 1847.
--Amelia Earhart, American aviator and first woman to fly the Atlantic, born July 24, 1897.
HOLLY (WHITE) HUNT
July 25
--George Stephenson first successfully demonstrated a steam locomotive, July 25, 1814.
--Louis Bleriot made first flight across the English Channel, July 25, 1909.
July 26
--New York ratified the Constitution, July 26, 1788.
--Playwright George Bernard Shaw born July 26, 1856.
July 27
--The first permanent Atlantic cable completed, July 27, 1866.
--Truce signed, ending Korean War, July 27, 1953.
July 28
--Amendment 14, which defines United States citizenship, was proclaimed, July 28, 1868.
July 29
--Alexis de Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America, born July 29, 1805.
--Booth Tarkington, American novelist, born July 29, 1869.
July 30
--First representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, July 30, 1619.
--American social scientist Thorstein Veblen born July 30, 1857.
--Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer, born July 30, 1863.
PAULA (WHITE) OLEHAM
July 31
--First patent in United States registered, July 31, 1790.
ANGIE (DOWLER)
