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Saturday, July 31th 2010
Today is the 212nd day of 2010. There are 153 days left in this year.
What Happened On This Day In History?
| 1498 |
During his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus arrived at the island of Trinidad. |
| 1777 |
The Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army |
| 1790 |
The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont. Mr. Hopkins did not get Patent #1 as thousands of patents were issued before someone came up with the idea to number them. The inventor patented a process for making potash and pearl ashes. |
| 1792 |
Construction started with the laying of the cornerstone in the first building to be used solely as a U.S. Government building. It was the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. |
| 1845 |
The French Army introduced the saxophone to its military band. The musical instrument was the invention of Adolphe Sax of Belgium. |
| 1919 |
Germany's Weimar Constitution was adopted. |
| 1948 |
President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field. |
| 1955 |
Marilyn Bell of Toronto, Canada, at age 17, became the youngest person to swim the English Channel. |
| 1961 |
The first tie in All-Star Game history was recorded as the second All-Star Game of the year (there were two a year back then) was stopped in the 9th inning due to rain at Boston’s Fenway Park. |
| 1964 |
The American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the moon's surface. |
| 1971 |
The first men to ride in a vehicle on the moon did so in the LRV (lunar rover vehicle). The lunar dune buggy carried Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin for five miles on the lunar surface. |
| 1972 |
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket with George McGovern following disclosures Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment. |
| 1974 |
One of President Nixon’s main men, John Erlichman was sentenced to prison for his role in the break-in at the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist. Ellsberg was the Pentagon consultant who leaked the "Pentagon Papers". |
| 1989 |
A pro-Iranian group in Lebanon released a grisly videotape purportedly showing the hanged body of American hostage William R. Higgins. |
| 1990 |
Pitcher Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers became the 20th major leaguer to win 300 games as he led his team to victory over the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3. |
| 1995 |
The Walt Disney Company agreed to acquire Capital Cities-ABC Inc. in a $19 billion deal. |
| 1997 |
New York City police seized five bombs believed bound for terrorist attacks on subways. |
Died on this day
| 1556 |
St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuit order of Catholic priests and brothers, died in Rome. |
| 1875 |
Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, died in Carter Station, Tenn., at age 66. |
| 1953 |
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, known as ''Mr. Republican,'' died in New York at age 63. |
| 1981 |
The leader of Panama, Gen. Omar Torrijos, was killed in a plane crash. |
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