Recent Memorial Pages by This_Day_In_History, 81-100

• Today In History- August 1

  First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 441 views

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• Today In History- July 31

  First U.S. patent issued; granted to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 266 views

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• Today In History- July 30

  U.S. President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 135 views

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• Today In History- July 29

  The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 143 views

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• Today In History- July 28

  World War I begins: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 130 views

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• Today In History- July 27

  The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State).

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 178 views

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• Today In History- July 26

  U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the U.S. military.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 164 views

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• Today In History- July 25

  The Crittenden-Johnson Resolution is passed stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 210 views

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• Today In History- July 24

  The Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 131 views

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• Today In History- July 23

  Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 167 views

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• Today In History- July 22

  The U.S. government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 180 views

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• Today In History- July 21

  In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 173 views

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• Today In History- July 20

  The U.S. Congress approves the Bretton Woods Agreement.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 159 views

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• Today In History- July 18

  The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 147 views

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• Today In History- July 17

  At Potsdam, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, begin their final summit of the war.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 216 views

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• Today In History- July 15

  Second Battle of the Marne - The battle begins near the River Marne with a German attack.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 153 views

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• Today In History- July 14

  The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States…

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 164 views

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• Today In History- July 13

  The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 201 views

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• Today In History- July 12

  Congress passes the first federal minimum wage law in the United States: 33 cents per hour.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 148 views

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• Today In History- July 11

  U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 181 views

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