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

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

1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens

1905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center

1911 Nan Aspinwall is first woman to make solo transcontin. trip by horse

1919 Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference

1923 Harding becomes first sitting president to visit Alaska

1932 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22

1932 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1255 Schilowa

1933 Public Works Administration becomes effective

1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1949 Messina

1944 Naval bombardment of Guam begins.

1947 Demolition begins in NYC for UN HQ building

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