This Day in History July 9

Posted by blue water massey on July 08, 2015 at 22:11:04 from (198.254.227.107):

July 9

1776 Dec of Ind read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY

1800 Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theatre in US

1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain

1846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena for US

1850 Zachary Taylor 12th pres of US, dies in White House served 16 mo

1853 Adm Perry & US Navy visit Japan

1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky

1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson

1868 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)

1872 Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me

1878 An improved corncob pipe patented by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo

1893 Daniel H Williams performs "world's 1st successful heart operation"

1910 Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude

1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa

1916 1st cargo submarine to cross the Atlantic arrives in US from Germany

1917 British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow

1918 US Army's Distinguished Service Cross authorized

1927 Atty William T Francis named minister to Liberia

1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance. (Hartford Conn)

1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth & Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement

1951 Pres Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany

1953 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC)

1955 1st black executive on White House staff (E Frederic Morrow)

1957 Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced

1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock & ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain

1976 Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe

1978 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA

1979 Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab

1982 Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster

1982 Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner, La

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