0052 B.C Paris, France, is a city of conquests, historic sights, artists, scholars, haute couture, and gourmet cuisine. The future capital of France was first fortified on July 7, ., by a Gallic tribe called the Parisees
1663 King Charles II of England granted a charter to Rhode Island
1693 NYC authorizes first police uniforms in American colonies
1709 Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
1776 The Liberty Bell Rings In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Liberty Bell rang out from the tower of the Pennsylvania's old State House, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon
1777 Vt becomes first state abolishing slavery, adopts male sufferage
1778 Allied French fleet under Comte d'Estaing arrives in America.
1796 US State Dept issues first American passport
1797 First US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1805 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
1816 Frost in Waltham, MA
1835 Liberty Bell cracks (again)
1849 St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his squadron into Tokyo Bay.
1870 Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
1870 Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
1876 White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5
1879 USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic.
1889 John L Sullivan wins by KO in 75 rounds in last bare-knuckle bout
1889 The Wall Street Journal that begins publication
1889 Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1891 61ø F, the highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
1891 Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
1892 American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass
1896 William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention
