Category: It happened today…
31 July It Happened Today
1556 Death of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. 1875 Death of former US president Andrew Johnson. 1912 Birth of American economist Milton Friedman. 1964 Space probe Ranger 7 lands on the moon. 1964 American...
30 July It Happened Today
1718 Death of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. 1818 Birth of English novelist Emily Bronte. 1863 Birth of American automobile manufacturer Henry Ford. 1930 Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the first ever football World...
29 July It Happened Today
1833 Death of William Wilberforce, English politician who was a lead figure in the anti-slavery campaign. 1856 Death of German composer Robert Schumann. 1883 Birth of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. 1890 Death of...
28 July It Happened Today
1655 Death of French soldier and dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac. 1741 Death of Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. 1794 One of the architects of the “Reign of Terror” in France, Maximilien Robespierre, is himself guillotined....
