Today in 1998 - In St. Petersburg, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolsheviks.
In 1918, by order of the Bolshevik Party and carried out by Cheka, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his immediate family, and retainers were murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
And in 1975 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
Today in 1946 - Marilyn Monroe did her first screen test. She passed and was signed to her first contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios. Of her 29 films, the first was "Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!"
And in 1588 - The Spanish Armada was sighted in the English Channel.
Today in 1934 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, notorious criminal John Dillinger--America's "Public Enemy No. 1"--is killed in a hail of bullets fired by federal agents. In a fiery bank-robbing career that lasted just over a year, Dillinger and his associates robbed 11 banks for more than $300,000, broke jail and narrowly escaped capture multiple times, and killed seven police officers and three federal agents.
And in 1932 - Broadway lost one of it's most famous names; Florenz Ziegfeld, American theatrical producer and creator of the Ziegfeld Follies died today.
Today in 2005 - Lance Armstrong wins his seventh Tour de France.
And in 1956 - After a decade together, the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis called it quits. At the Copacabana nightclub in New York City, they performed their last show. Their end came exactly 10 years after they started.
July 17 David Hasselhof
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July 17
David Hasselhof (born 1952)
Tim Brooke-Taylor (born 1942)
James Cagney (born 1899)
Today in 1998 - In St. Petersburg, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolsheviks.
In 1918, by order of the Bolshevik Party and carried out by Cheka, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his immediate family, and retainers were murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
And in 1975 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
July 18 Sir Richard
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July 18
Sir Richard Branson (born 1950)
John Glenn (born 1921)
Robert Hooke (born 1635)
Today in 1968 - Chip manufacturer Intel incorporated.
And in 1942 - The German Luftwaffe test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jets for the first time.
July 19 Samuel Colt (born
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July 19
Samuel Colt (born 1814)
George McGovern (born 1922)
Brian May (born 1947)
Today in 1946 - Marilyn Monroe did her first screen test. She passed and was signed to her first contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios. Of her 29 films, the first was "Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!"
And in 1588 - The Spanish Armada was sighted in the English Channel.
July 20 Carlos Santana
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July 20
Carlos Santana (born 1947)
Natalie Wood (born 1938)
Dame Diana Rigg (born 1938)
Sir Edmund Hillary (born 1919)
Today in 1994 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's Fragment Q1 hits Jupiter.
And in 1969 - Apollo Program: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon.
RE: Apollo Program: Apollo
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Yeah, I remember that like it was yesterday! Really, I do! A nine year old glued to the TV set...... :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: RE: Apollo Program:
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Thanks for making me feel old, Mike. I was 14.....
July 21 Robin Williams
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July 21
Robin Williams (born 1951)
Ernest Hemingway (born 1899)
Jean Picard (born 1620)
Today in 1969 - Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon.
And in 2003 - The last Volkswagen old-style Beetle rolls off the assembly line at Puebla, Mexico.
July 22 Bob Dole (born
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July 22
Bob Dole (born 1923)
Gustav Ludwig Hertz (born 1887)
Today in 1934 - Outside Chicago's Biograph Theatre, notorious criminal John Dillinger--America's "Public Enemy No. 1"--is killed in a hail of bullets fired by federal agents. In a fiery bank-robbing career that lasted just over a year, Dillinger and his associates robbed 11 banks for more than $300,000, broke jail and narrowly escaped capture multiple times, and killed seven police officers and three federal agents.
And in 1932 - Broadway lost one of it's most famous names; Florenz Ziegfeld, American theatrical producer and creator of the Ziegfeld Follies died today.
July 23 Monica Lewinsky
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July 23
Monica Lewinsky (born 1973)
David Essex (born 1947)
Raymond Chandler (born 1888)
Today in 1962 - Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal.
In 1926 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
And in 1829 - William Austin Burt patents the first typewriter.
July 24 Amelia Earhart
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July 24
Amelia Earhart (born 1897)
Robert Hays (born 1947)
Lynda Carter (born 1951)
Today in 2005 - Lance Armstrong wins his seventh Tour de France.
And in 1956 - After a decade together, the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis called it quits. At the Copacabana nightclub in New York City, they performed their last show. Their end came exactly 10 years after they started.