July 24 - July 24 July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots is deposed. 1701 - Detroit, Michigan founded. 1814 - War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders. 1832 - Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass. 1847 - After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown - Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union.
January 24 - January 24 January 24 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1458 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary. 1679 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament. 1742 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 1848 - California gold rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania (see December 1 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions were still missing at this time). 1888 - Jacob L. Wortman patents the typewriter ribbon. 1908 - Robert Baden-Powell.
July - July simple:July July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. July was renamed for Julius Cæsar; previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the Roman calendar which started in March. Because of its origin, until the 18th century this month was pronounced the same as the girl's name Julie. July begins on the same day of the week as April every year and also January in leap years. Historical anniversaries \See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. July 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27.
July 25 - July 25 July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 159 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 306 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 1261 - Constantinople is captured by Nicaean forces under the command of Michael VIII Palaeologus, allowing the re-creation of the Byzantine Empire. 1593 - Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. 1722 - Three Years War begins along Maine and Massachusetts border. 1758 - French and Indian War: The island battery at Fortress Louisbourg is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken. *1759 - French and Indian War: In Canada, British forces.
June 24 - June 24 June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1314 - Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce beat Edward II of England. Scotland regains its independence. 1441 - Eton College founded. 1497 - John Cabot lands on North America, either at Newfoundland or Cape Breton; first European discovery of the region since the Vikings. 1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England. 1534 - Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island. 1535 - The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded. 1597 - The first Dutch voyage to the East.
July 11 - July 11 July 11 is the 192nd day (193th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1302 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) - the Flemish cities beat the king of France. 1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. 1576 - Martin Frobisher sights Greenland. 1616 - Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec. 1533 - King Henry VIII of England is excommunicated. 1740 - Jews expelled from Little Russia. 1750 - Halifax,_Nova Scotia almost completely destroyed by fire. 1776 - Captain James Cook begins third voyage. 1798 - The United States Marine Corps is established..
July 23 - July 23 July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1632 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe. 1829 - In the United States, William Burt patents the first typewriter. 1862 - American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army. 1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, Illinois becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A. 1904 - In St. Louis, Missouri, Charles E. Menches invents the ice cream cone during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 1926 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film..
July 2002 - July 2002 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2002. See also: Afghanistan timeline July 2002 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 July 31, 2002 2 July 30, 2002 3 July 29, 2002 4 July 28, 2002 5 July 27, 2002 6 July 25, 2002 7 July 24, 2002 8 July 23, 2002 9 July 22, 2002 10 July 18, 2002 11 July 15, 2002 12 July 14, 2002 13 July 10, 2002 14 July 9, 2002 15 July 8, 2002 16 July 5, 2002 17 July 2, 2002 July 31, 2002 The Foreign Relations Committee of the United States.
July 2003 - July 2003 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2003. See also: Afghanistan timeline July 2003 Dodgy Dossier Columbia investigation EU enlargement Hong Kong Basic Law Monkeypox North Korea crisis Occupation of Iraq: Timeline Road map for peace Same-sex marriage SARS: Timeline SCO v. IBM Linux lawsuit US v. EU on GM food War on Terrorism July 31, 2003 The Israeli parliament passed a law preventing Palestinians married to Israelis from gaining Israeli citizenship or residency rights. The law is thought necessary to maintain the Jewish character of the state of Israel, today inhabited by 20% Arabs.[1] It is.
Vermont - Area - Total - Land - Water - % water Ranked 45th 24,923 km2 23,974 km2 949 km2 3.8% Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 49th 608,827 24.4/km2 Admittance into Union - Order - Date 14th March 4, 1791 Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4 Latitude Longitude 42°44'N to 45°0'43"N 71°28'W to 73°26'W Width Length Elevation -Highest -Mean -Lowest 130 km 260 km 1,339 meters 305 meters 29 meters ISO 3166-2: US-VT Vermont is the 14th state of the United States, famous for its beautiful scenery, dairy products, maple syrup and progressive politics. USS Vermont was named in honor of this state. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Demographics 6 Important Cities and Towns 7 Education 7.1 Colleges and.
Katayama Tetsu - Katayama Tetsu (片山 哲 July 28,1887) was a Japanese politician and the 46th Prime Minister from May 24,1947 - March 10,1948. He was born in Wakayama. Preceded by: Yoshida Shigeru Prime ministers of Japan Succeeded by: Ashida Hitoshi.
Kaokor Galaxy - known as Kaokor Galaxy. He entered professional boxing in 1985 and won his first seven fights before capturing the Thai bantamweight (118-pound) title in July 1986. He held that crown until May 9, 1988, when he upset Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Vasquez to take the WBA world bantamweight title. With the victory, the Galaxy brothers became the first twins to ever be world champions. Kaokor lost the title three months later, when an accidental headbutt called a halt to his first defense, against Korean Sung-Kil Moon after just six rounds. By rule, the fight went to the scorecards and Galaxy was behind on points. He bounced back with five straight wins to earn a rematch with Moon on July 9, 1989. This time, Kaokor Galaxy won easily, taking all 12 rounds on.
Kauffman Stadium - 1973, barely a month into the stadium's existence, saw the first exciting game at the new stadium. Nolan Ryan, pitching for the California Angels threw his first of seven no-hitters, blanking the Royals, 3-0. On July 24, 1973, Royals Stadium hosted its first Major League Baseball All-Star Game. And in 1985, Royals Stadium saw the Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals for a World Series victory. On July 2, 1993, Royals Stadium was renamed Kauffman Stadium after Royals owner Ewing Kauffman, shortly after he was elected to the Royals Hall of Fame. A month later, Kauffman passed away at the age of 76. External Links http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/kc/ballpark/kc_ballpark_history.jsp.
Katherine Heigl - Heigl Katherine Marie Heigl (b. November 24 1978) was born in Washington D.C, USA on the 24th of November 1978 to parents Nancy and Paul. A short time afterwards, the Heigl family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where Katherine was to spend the majority of her childhood. The youngest member of her family, Katherine, or “Katie” as she is known affectionately, has two elder siblings, John and Meg. Tragically, her older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck. When doctors determined Jason was brain-dead, the family made the difficult decision to donate his organs. Not only did this painful chapter give Katherine a greater perspective and appreciation for life, but it has motivated her to.
KDM Sælen (S323) - Launched: 3 October 1965 Purchased: 11 July 1990 Commissioned: 10 October 1990 Fate: in service General Characteristics Displacement: 370 tons surfaced, 435 tons submerged Length: 47.20 meters Beam: 4.70 meters Draught: 3.80 meters Propulsion: two MTU 1100 hp diesel engines, one 1700 hp electric motor Speed: 10 knots surfaced, 17 knots submerged Complement: 24 officers and men Armament: eight 533mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes KDM Sælen (S323), is one of the three Tumleren-class small coastal submarines of the Kongelige Danske Marine (Royal Danish Navy). She was built as a Type 207 submarine by Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke of Emden, Germany in 1965 for the Kongelige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy) and served for 25 years as KNM Uthaug before being purchased by Denmark in 1990. Her international call sign is OUCJ. On 4.
Kellogg-Briand Pact - eleven states - the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Germany, United Kingdom, India, Irish Free State, Italy, New Zealand, and South Africa. Four states added their support before it was proclaimed - Poland (in March), Belgium (in March), France (in March), and Japan (in April). It was proclaimed to go into effect on July 24, 1929. Sixty-two nations ultimately signed up to the pact. The pact never made any real contribution to international peace and quickly proved to be meaningless, especially after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. The pact enabled the creation of the notion of crime against peace -- for committing this crime, the Nuremberg Tribunal sentenced a number of persons responsible for starting World War II (see:.
Kenner, Louisiana - suburb on the western edge of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitain area, and is the location of the city's main airport, Louis Armstrong International Airport. On July 9, 1982 a Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am flight 759 crashed in Kenner killing all 146 on board and eight on the ground. Geography Kenner is located at 30°0'35" North, 90°15'2" West (30.009610, -90.250585)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 39.4 km² (15.2 mi²). 39.2 km² (15.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.66% water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 70,517 people, 25,652 households, and 18,469 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,798.3/km² (4,659.0/mi²). There are 27,378.
Kevin Millwood - Kevin Austin Millwood (born December 24, 1974), commonly known as Kevin Millwood, is a baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. Millwood made his debut as a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves on July 14, 1997. He had is best year in 1999, winning eighteen games and losing seven. He formed a part of the Atlanta Braves' star pitching rotation, which also consisted of Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, which was regarded by many as the best in the National League. In 2002, after having another eighteen-win season, the Braves traded Millwood to the Phillies for the catcher Johnny Estrada, probably in order to cut their payroll in the midst of economic difficulties. In 2003, Millwood fared reasonably with the Phillies, winning fourteen games. In that year, he also pitched a no-hitter.
Kim Philby - Soviet Union before any arrest could be made. He died in 1988 and was given a hero's funeral by the Soviet government. Tim Powers based the book Declare on his unusual life story, providing a supernatural explanation for his behavior ("Tradecraft meets Lovecraft"). Chronology of Philby's career 1925 Goes to Westminster School 1929 Enters Trinity College, Cambridge, at the of 17 and joins the Cambridge University Socialist Society, later becoming Treasurer. 1930 Guy Burgess arrives at Trinity from Eton. 1931 Defeat of the Labour Government. Philby becomes a more ardent socialist. 1933 Leaves Cambridge a convinced Communist with a Degree in Economics, then goes to Vienna where Chancellor Dr Engelbert Dollfuss is preparing the first 'putsch' in February 1934. Philby becomes a Soviet Agent. 1934 Clash between the Gov't and Socialists.
Kirby Puckett - hitter. In 1986, he added this to his game, blasting 31 home runs, raising his average to .328 and winning the first of his six Gold Glove Awards for outstanding defensive play. In 1987, Puckett led the Twins to their first championship in the World Series after batting .332 with 28 home runs and 99 RBI in the regular season. He did even better in the seven-game Series upset of the St. Louis Cardinals, batting a whopping .357. The Twins won even more games in 1988, though they finished second in their division to the powerful Oakland Athletics. Puckett had his best season, hitting .356 with 24 home runs and 121 RBI, to finish third in the MVP balloting for a second straight season. He won the American League batting championship.
