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July 10, 1940: The Battle of Britain begins and will last for almost four months

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If you visit the UK, make sure to put these sites on your visit list:

Battle of Britain Bunker

IWM Duxford

Battle of Britain Monument

Bently Priory Museum

July 11, 1767:
President John Quincy Adams, son of President John Adams, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts

July 11, 1804:
Aaron Burr fatally shoots Alexander Hamilton in a duel near Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton would die the next day.

July 11, 1914:
Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut

July 11, 1960:
To Kill a Mockingbird is published

1864, Lincoln under fire from Jubal Early's invasion of Maryland and attack on the capital.

Due to this invasion, the Canadian dollar exchange of 2.48 was the highest ever until the Obama presidency in 2012.

July 12, 1862:
The Medal of Honor is created

July 12, 1943:
The Battle of Kursk takes place. This battle was the single largest in the history of the world, and was a major turning point in halting the Nazi advance into Russia.

July 12, 1957:
President Dwight Eisenhower becomes the first president to ride in a helicopter

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[li][color=#2b2b2b][font=Lato, sans-serif]1798[/font][/color][color=#2b2b2b][size=3][font=Lato, sans-serif] The[/font][/size][/color][color=#2b2b2b][font=Lato, sans-serif] Sedition Act[/font][/color][color=#2b2b2b][size=3][font=Lato, sans-serif] becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.[/font][/size][/color][/li]
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[li][color=#2b2b2b][font=Lato, sans-serif]1914[/font][/color][color=#2b2b2b][size=3][font=Lato, sans-serif] First patent for a liquid-fueled rocket design granted to Robert Goddard. Fifty-five years later there are American footprints on the moon.[/font][/size][/color][/li]
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Mostly bad stuff, in other words.

July 15, 1099:
Jerusalem is captured by the Crusaders after a seven-week siege

July 15, 1799:
The Rosetta Stone is found

July 15, 2006:
Twitter launches

BQ78 said:

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1864, Lincoln under fire from Jubal Early's invasion of Maryland and attack on the capital.

Due to this invasion, the Canadian dollar exchange of 2.48 was the highest ever until the Obama presidency in 2012.

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it was Union General Lew Wallace who stopped Jubal Early's invasion at the Battle of Monocacy-

and delayed the southern invasion until the Union 6th Corps could be offloaded at the docks of Washington DC

Lew Wallace would go on to write the novel Ben Hur and serve as the Governor of New Mexico.

Wouldn't say stopped since he continued on to Washington but it did delay him long enough for Grant to ship 6th Corps troops to DC to stop Early at the forts of DC.

Dude, I don't know what you're doing, but your post is gibberish

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July 12, 1862:
The Medal of Honor is created

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The Confederate congress adopted a similar award in Oct. 1862, but didn't become a reality until a year later. It was called the 'Roll of Honor'. Robt E Lee opposed it, believing the awards and medals would be distributed inequitably.

July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project yields explosive results as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

July 16, 1377:
Richard II, only 10 years old, ascends to the throne of England after the death of his grandfather, Edward III. Richard, son of the legendary Black Prince, would reign until he was deposed in 1399.

July 16, 1769:
Father Junipero Serra, later canonized a Saint, founds the first Catholic mission in California in what is now present-day San Diego

July 16, 1779:
Under the cover of darkness, Mad Anthony Wayne, a Brigadier General of the Continental Army, launches a daring assault on the British fortifications at Stoney Point, New York. The British believed their outpost to be impregnable, but Mad Anthony Wayne led 1200 highly trained Patriots in a successful attack, losing only 15 dead and 83 wounded while the British suffered 94 killed and 472 captured in a 30 minute battle fought almost entirely with bayonets. The victory at Stoney Point was a huge moral boost to the Patriots and later proved useful as a river crossing. Mad Anthony Wayne was awarded a medal by Congress for his actions.

July 16, 1918:
The Romanovs are executed in Yekaterinburg, Russia, ending their dynasty

July 16, 1969:
Apollo 11 launches on its historic journey

It was a Plutonium bomb like the design of the second operational bomb. They had theorized and tested enough of the Uranium bomb that they knew it would work. Hiroshima was the first test and operational use of the gun-type Uranium Bomb.

BQ78 said:

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It was a Plutonium bomb like the design of the second operational bomb. They had theorized and tested enough of the Uranium bomb that they knew it would work. Hiroshima was the first test and operational use of the gun-type Uranium Bomb.

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80 Years Ago: The First Atomic Explosion, 16 July 1945

Trinity Test -1945

July 16, 1945, Los Alamos scientists detonated the Gadgetthe world's first atomic bomb.

Trinity Site Visit Report

On July 16, 1956, the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial was dedicated.



17 Texas Aggies are buried or memorialized at this cemetery:

CPT James Herbert Hinds, class of 1915

PO Elbert Beard "Tex" Anding, class of 1926

2LT Fred Sullivan Rodway, class of 1940

1LT James Hugh Brantley, class of 1940

1LT Ed A Felder, class of 1941

1Lt Robert Jackson Sudbury, class of 1941

Ens Monroe Jefferson White II, class of 1941

FltO Aaron Louis Brinkoeter, class of 1942

1LT William Henry Baker Jr., class of 1942

2LT David Lee Braunig, class of 1942

1Lt Sam Oliver, class of 1943

2LT Joseph Brooks "Joe" Dalton, class of 1943

SSGT Newell Moore Ballard Sr, class of 1943

SSGT James Wafer Mabry Jr., class of 1943

2LT James Peebles Miller, class of 1945

S1C William Pendleton Ballard Jr, class of 1945

Sgt Alfred Edgar Prinz, class of 1946

That's awesome. Thx for sharing.

General John Bell Hood, The Aggressive Confederate Commander 🧵

1/ On this day, July 17, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed John Bell Hood to command the Army of Tennessee, a decision that shaped the Atlanta Campaign’s fate. A bold general known for aggressive… pic.twitter.com/hDBuR5vWhI

— Manifest History (@ManifestHistory) July 17, 2025

July 17, 1453:
The French rout the English at the Battle of Castillon, ending the Hundred Years' War

July 17, 1920:
Nils Bohlin, inventor of the three-point seatbelt, is born in Hrnösand, Sweden

July 17, 1936:
The Spanish Civil War breaks out, lasting for three years and claiming close to a million lives

July 17, 1945:
The Potsdam Conference begins as Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet to discuss postwar Europe and the ongoing conflict with Japan

July 17, 1955:
Disneyland opens

180AD Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.

1717 King George I of Great Britain sails down the Thames River with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Friederic Handel's Water Music is premiered.

1902 Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York. This should be a national holiday.

1917 King George V of the United Kingdom issues a proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor, mainly because the real name, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, sounds just a wee bit too German in the middle of World War I.

1918 On the orders of the Bolshevik Party carried out by Cheka, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his immediate family and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

July 18, 1782:
John Paul Jones, the Father of the Navy and a Revolutionary War hero, dies in Paris at the age of 45

July 1817:
Jane Austen dies in Winchester at the age of 41

July 18, 1925:
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is published

July 18, 1940:
FDR is nominated for an unprecedented third term as President

July 18, 1969:
Sentor Ted Kennedey is involved in the infamous Chappaquiddick incident, resulting in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne

Not a good day in history

Jumping ahead a day, July 19, 1956, the Normandy American Cemetery is dedicated



There are 22 Aggies buried or memorialized at this cemetery:

22 A&M Men in the Normandy American Cemetery

Sort of fascinating history.

On 18 July 1290, King Edward I signed the Edict of Expulsion, ordering every Jew in England to leave the kingdom by All Saints’ Day. It was the first state expulsion of Jews in medieval Europe.

But the roots of it go much deeper. pic.twitter.com/eVdikffjHM

— ⚡️Shaggy⚡️ (@SS__Shaggy) July 18, 2025

Their presence was tightly controlled. They wore badges, lived in designated areas, and were taxed heavily. Social and religious tensions ran high — and resentment grew with every unpaid debt.

— ⚡️Shaggy⚡️ (@SS__Shaggy) July 18, 2025

England’s Jewish community — numbering around 2,000 — vanished almost overnight. They would not return legally for over 350 years, until Oliver Cromwell allowed limited resettlement in the 1650s. pic.twitter.com/BZQ7dgN2nV

— ⚡️Shaggy⚡️ (@SS__Shaggy) July 18, 2025

Many are thought to have gone to France, then secondarily to Germany/Spain etc.

I laughed at that.

July 20, 1881:
Sitting Bull surrenders to the US Army

July 20, 1894:
The Pullman Strike ends when President Grover Cleveland sends troops into Chicago

July 20, 1944:
The German assassination plot against Hitler fails

July 20, 1969:
Niel Armstrong walks on the moon

July 20, 1973:
Bruce Lee dies at the age of 32 in Hong Kong

1864: Battle of Peachtree Creek kicks off Hood's battle career as an army commander

July 21, 1613:
Tsar Michael Romanov founds the Romanov dynasty, which would end just over three hundred years later

July 21, 1861:
The first Battle of Manassas/Bull Run takes place. This is the first major battle of the Civil War.

July 21, 1899:
Ernest Hemingway is born in Oak Park, Illinois.

July 21, 1925:
John Scopes is convicted in the Monkey Trial

July 21, 1987:
Guns 'N Roses releases the album Appetite for Destruction, which went on to become the 7th best selling album of all time in the US

July 21, 2007:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the hugely successful Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, is released

July 21, 2024:
Following his poor debate performance and ongoing concerns about his health, President Joe Biden announces that he is ending his re-election bid

Background to the Atlanta Campaign

2/ By spring 1864, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman led 100,000 troops in a campaign to capture Atlanta, Georgia—a key Confederate manufacturing and rail center. Opposing him was Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s 60,000-man Army of Tennessee,… pic.twitter.com/CitSqWUo1T

— Manifest History (@ManifestHistory) July 22, 2025

The Battle Begins: Hardee’s Assault

4/ Around noon on July 22, Hardee’s 15,000 Confederates emerged from woods east of Atlanta, slamming into McPherson’s left flank near Bald Hill. Maj. Gen. Frank Blair’s XVII Corps and Grenville Dodge’s XVI Corps faced the onslaught. McPherson,… pic.twitter.com/NtIUihoWWC

— Manifest History (@ManifestHistory) July 22, 2025

Conclusion of the Battle of Atlanta

9/ The Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, epitomized the Civil War’s relentless grind. Hood’s bold but unsuccessful attack, delayed and fragmented, failed to lift Sherman’s siege despite valiant Confederate efforts. Over 9,000 casualties… pic.twitter.com/nlOgJyutV0

— Manifest History (@ManifestHistory) July 22, 2025

More at the thread.

• 1941 Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China. (The French gonna do had already surrendered to Germany.)
• 1944 First British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor). It isn't allowed over German-held territory because of secrecy. (Of course, the Germans had beat the Brits into jet combat with the Me-262 already).
• 1945 US Communist Party forms.
• 1949 Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. (Square windows in a pressurized aircraft were a big problem.)
• 1953 Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• 1964 Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000, as ordered by LBJ.