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Today in History - July 15 John J. Pershing, a military commander whose brilliant career earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died on July 15, 1948. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 14 Novelist Owen Wister was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on July 14, 1860. His 1902 novel The Virginian helped create the myth of the American cowboy. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 13 Frank Sinatra made his recording debut with the Harry James band on July 13, 1939, singing “Melancholy Mood” and “From The Bottom of My Heart.” Continue reading. John Parker was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, on July 13, 1729. Parker played a prominent role in the first battle of the War for Independence as leader of the volunteer American militia known as the Minutemen. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 12 Writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 11 At dawn on the morning of July 11, 1804, political antagonists and personal enemies Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, to settle their longstanding differences with a duel. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 10 Legendary jazz pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton died in Los Angeles on July 10, 1941. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 9 On July 9, 1819, Elias Howe, inventor of the first practical sewing machine, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts. Continue reading. On July 9, 1793, Vermont completed revisions to its constitution and became the first state in the United States to prohibit slavery. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 8 On July 8, 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. Today in History - July 7 Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, perhaps baseball’s greatest pitcher ever, was born on July 7, ca. 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Continue reading. On July 7, 1978, the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of 992 islands northeast of Australia, became an independent nation, ending eighty years of British rule. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. |
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