[Interest] Jolly July

NOTABLE DATES IN JULY
1 - Battle of Gettysburg, 1st, 2nd and 3rd (1863)
1 - Teddy Roosevelt takes San Juan Hill (1898)
1 - Medicare goes into effect (1965)
2 - "TAPS" debuts (1862)
2 - President Garfield shot (1881)
2 - Amelia Earhart disappears (1937)
3 - Roswell "UFO" crash (1947)
4 - Independence Day (1776)
4 - Digging starts on Erie Canal (1817)
4 - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die (1826)
4 - U.S. Grant takes Vicksburg (1863)
4 - Lou Gehrig gives speech at Yankee Stadium (1939)
5 - Slaves freed in New York State (1827)
5 - The bikini introduced (1946)
5 - Elvis records "That’s All Right, Mama" (1954)
6 - First All-Star baseball game (1933)
6 - Ann Frank goes into hiding (1942)
6- George W. Bush born (1946)
7 - London bombing (2005)
11 - Alexander Hamilton killed in duel (1804)
11 - Tri-Boro Bridge opens (1936)
13 - Draft Riots in New York City, 13th to 16th (1863)
13 - Blackout #2 in New York City (1977)
14 - Bastille Day (1789)
16 - First atomic bomb in New Mexico (1945)
16 - John F. Kennedy, Jr. plane crash (1999)
17 - Lexington Avenue subway, stations open from 42nd to 125th streets (1918)
17 - Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak ends at 56 games (1941)
17 - Disneyland opens (1955)
17 - TWA Flight 800 plane crash on Long Island (1996)
18 - Spanish Civil War starts (1936)
18 - Ted Kennedy car accident at Chappaquiddick (1969)
20 - Failed bomb attempt on Hitler (1944)
20 - Moon landing (1969)
23 - President U.S. Grant dies (1885)
23 - Monica Lewinsky born (1973)
25 - Puerto Rico becomes a Commonwealth (1952)
25 - First subway tokens, 10c and 15c (1953)
25 - Andrea Doria hit by Stockholm (1956)
26 - New York becomes 11th state (1788)
26 - President Truman integrates military (1948)
26 - Last Checker taxicab in New York City (1999)
27 - Korean Armistice (1953)
27 - Bob Hope dies at 100 years (2003)
28 - World War I starts (1914)
28 - Jaqueline Bouvier (Kennedy / Onassis) born (1929)
28 - Plane hits Empire State Building (1945)
28 - South Street Seaport opens (1983)
29 - Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588)
29 - Eastern Boulevard becomes Bruckner (1942)
30 - Jimmy Hoffa last seen (1975)
31 - Idlewild Airport dedicated (1948)
With thanks to Joseph J. Cusimano