Woodie Guthrie, folk singer, common man. | |
Gerald R. Ford, 38th President (1974-1976) | |
Ingmar Bergman, film maker (Through a Glass Darkly). | |
Jay Wright Forrester, invented the computer magnetic core memory | |
Alpha Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus. | |
Bastille Day -- France | |
Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California | |
Citizens of Paris storm the (near empty) Bastille prison. | |
1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration. | |
Commodore Perry requests trade relations with the Japanese. | |
1st ascent of the Matterhorn. | |
first national monument dedicated to a Negro - GW Carver | |
Iraqi army Iraq overthrew monarchy, a Colonel Saddam Hussein. | |
first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass | |
US Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles | |
Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0