July Fun Pages
July Calendar
July 1
In 1200, In China, sunglasses are invented
In 1776, 1st vote on Declaration of Independence
In 1898, Teddy Roosevelt
& his Rough Riders charge
up San Juan Hill
In 1916, Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market
In 1916, Dwight
Eisenhower marries Mary
`Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
In 1963, US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code
In 1966, Medicare goes into
effect
July 2
In 1850, Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
In 1881, President Garfield shot by
Charles J Guiteau
a disappointed office-seeker
In 1937, Amelia
Earhart & Fred Noonan
disappear over Pacific Ocean
In 1964, President
Johnson signs Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act into law
July 3
In 1806, Michael Keens
exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry
reach Japan
In 1890, Idaho
admitted as 43rd US state
In 1930, Veterans Administration created
In 1939, Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes
"luckiest man" speech. (ALS,
Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
In 1986, Pres Reagan presided over relighting
of
renovated
Statue of Liberty
July 4
Independence Day
American Flag Craft
Annie's Holiday Page
Celebrate the 4th of July
Fourth of July Art Activities
Fun and Games for the 4th of
July
4th of July - A Virtual Tour
4th Of July Fun Clip-Art
Historical Flags of the United
States
Kate Net 4th of July Screen
Savers
A Kid's Heart Screen Savers
Making Friends - 4th of July
Crafts
Printable 4th of July Games
What Did the Presidents Do on
the 4th of July
Kinderart Activities for July 4
Word Puzzles
All About the 4th of July
DLTK Printables for 4th of July –
Coloring Pages – Crafts
Independence Day Story
Everyday Flag Etiquette
Mr. Maze 4th of July Maze
4th of
July Jigsaw Puzzles
July
Holidays
Celebrate Holidays in the
USA
Happy Birthday – 4th of July
History of the 4th of July
4th of July Games and Activities
– Bonus.com
July 4th Slider Puzzles
Capital Fourth of July
Facts about the 4th of July
– Encyclopedia Smithsonian
The Flag of the United States
4th of July Recipes (includes
how to decorate cakes and cupcakes)
4th of July Arts and Crafts
Fourth of July
Easy Cake
4th of July Crafts
Happy 4th of July
Activities and Fun
July 5
In 1865, Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department
In 1884, US Congress accept
2nd
Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1986, Statue
of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished
July 6
In 1560, England/Scotland signs
Treaty of
Edinburgh
In 1669,
LaSalle
leaves Montreal
to explore Ohio River
In 1785, Congress resolves US
currency named "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage
In 1848, Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo
In 1885, Louis Pasteur
successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine
July 7
In 1456, Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted
In 1550, Chocolate introduced
In 1875, Jesse James robs
train in Otterville
Missouri
In 1891, Travelers checks patents
In 1898, US annexes Hawaii
In 1930, Construction begins on Boulder
(Hoover) Dam|
July 8
1778, George Washington
headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
In 1800, Dr
Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination
to his son to prevent smallpox
In 1889, Wall Street Journal
begins publishing
July 9
In 1595, Johannes
Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe
In 1776, Declaration
of Independence is read to George Washington's troops (NY)
In 1942, Anne Frank, 13, goes into
hiding with her family & 4 other Jews
In 1987, Colonel
Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence
July 10
In 1553, Lady Jane
Grey becomes queen of England
In 1850, VP Fillmore
becomes president following
Zachary
Taylor's death
In 1862, US begins construction of Central Pacific
Railroad
In 1938, Howard Hughes
flies around the world in 91 hours
July 11
In 1789, US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress
In 1859, Charles Dickens'
"A Tale Of Two Cities"
is published
In 1952, General
Eisenhower
nominated as Republican presidential candidate
In 1984, Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989
July 12
In 1817, Henry David Thoreau,
Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden
Pond) was born
In 1854, George Eastman,
Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera)
was born
In 1864, George Washington
Carver, botanist was born
In 1630, New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it
Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island
In 1859, Paper
bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Mass
In 1909, 16th
Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
In 1954, President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway
In 1957, US Surgeon Gen Leroy
Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
July 13
In 1787, Congress establishes
Northwest
Territory (excludes slavery)
In 1832, Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
In 1865, P T Barnum's museum
burns down
In 1898, Guglielmo
Marconi
patents radio
July 14
In 1798, 1st direct
federal tax on states-on dwellings, land & slaves
In 1868, Alvin J Fellows patents tape
measure
July 15
In 1870, Georgia becomes last
confederate to be readmitted to US
In 1944, Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb
July 16
In 1769, Father Junipero
Serra founds Mission San
Diego, 1st mission in Calif
In 1790, Congress establishes District of Columbia
In 1867, D R Averill patents
ready-mixed paint
In 1867, Joseph Monier patents reinforced
concrete
In 1969, Apollo 11,
carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched
July 17
In 1821, Spain cedes Florida to US
In 1861, Congress authorizes paper
money
In 1898, Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to US at Santiago Cuba
In 1938, Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan
leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland
July 18
In 1914, US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps
In 1947, President Truman signs
Presidential
Succession Act
In 1947, US begins administering Trust
Territory of Pacific Islands
In 1968, Intel
incorporates
July 19
In 1860, 1st railroad
reaches Kansas
In 1867, Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction
Act over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto
In 1870, France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins
In 1985, Christa McAuliffe
chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle
July 20
In 1872, Mahlon Loomis
patents wireless radio
In 1917, WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st
In 1944, Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by US air attack
July 21
In 1925, Monkey Trial ends-John
Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism
In 1969, Neil Armstrong
steps on Moon
at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
July 22
In 1893, Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful," in
Colorado
In 1933, Wiley Post completes 1st
round-the-world solo flight
In 1942, Gasoline rationing using coupons begins
In 1960, Cuba nationalizes all US owned sugar factories
July 23
In 1829, William Austin Burt patents
"typographer" (typewriter)
In 1851, Treaty
of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US
In 1903, Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car
In 1904, Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches
during La Purchase Expo
July 24
In 1758, George Washington
admitted to Virginia House of Burgess
In 1938, Instant
coffee invented
July 25
In 1947, US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense
In 1952, Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing US commonwealth
July 26
In 1775, 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin
Franklin of Pa takes office
In 1947, National
Security Act establishes CIA
In 1990, President Bush signs Americans
With Disabilities Act
In 1866, Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)
In 1909, Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s
July 27
In 1858, 1st use of fingerprints as a
means of identification is made
Thumbody Loves You Fingerprint
Craft
Fingerprint Science
DNA
Fingerprinting
Paper
Handcast Art
Thumb
Print – I’m Special
Finger Print
Lesson Plan
Create
a DNA Fingerprint
Who
Did it Activity
Types
of Fingerprints
Overview
of Fingerprints
In 1866, Metric system
becomes a legal measurement system in US
In 1868, 14th
Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves
In 1931, Congress makes "Star-Spangled
Banner" our 2nd national anthem
July 29
In 1945, After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is
torpedoed & sunk by a Japanese submarine
In 1958, President Eisenhower signs NASA & Space Act of 1958
In 1988, Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from
Challenger cockpit
July 30
In 1619, House of Burgesses Virginia
forms, 1st elective US governing body
In 1898, Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes
In 1935, 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution
In 1956, US motto "In God We
Trust" authorized
July 31
In 1498, Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
In 1620, Pilgrim Fathers depart
(through England) to America
In 1774, Joseph Priestley
discovers oxygen
In 1777, Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made
major-general of Continental
Army
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