This Day in History.

JULY 6th

1924 U.S.A. Meteor Shower: A large Meteor Shower lands on Johnstown, Colorado with the largest weighing approximately 14 pounds.

1942 Holland Anne Frank: Anne Frank and her family take refuge in a secret sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse to escape being sent to Nazi concentration camps.

1944 U.S.A. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: A fire breaks out under the big top of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, killing 167 people and injuring 682 in Hartford, Connecticut.

1952 UK End Of The Line For Trams In London: The last of the trams in London ends it's journey ending nearly 100 years of trams in London.

1953 East Germany Russian Firing Squads: Russian firing squads have executed 46 east german police for taking part in the workers revolt in East Germany against communist rule last month.

1955 U.S.A. Air Pollution Control Act: The Federal Air Pollution Control Act was implemented for research into causal analysis and control of car-emission pollution.

1967 Biafra War With Nigeria: After Biafra gains independence from Nigeria forces war breakes out between Nigeria and Biafra but Nigerian forces capture the provincial capital of Owerri and Biafra is forced to surrender.

1972 U.S.A. Women Admitted as officer cadets US Navy: The United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland where it educates and commissions officers admits women for the first time in its history with the induction of 81 female midshipmen (officer cadets).

1978 UK Train Fire Kills 11: A fire on the Penzance to Paddington sleeper leaves 11 dead who had been in sleeping compartments and many more injured.

1988 UK Piper Alpha Oil Rig Fire: An explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig 120 miles off the north east coast of Scotland in the North Sea caused a fireball 350 feet high and engulfed the platform killing 167 workers.

1992 France Truck Driver Protest: Following lorry driver disruption on French roads over the last week the police and army have been ordered by the government to remove trucks blocking roads. At the worst area the on the A1 motorway south of Lille towards Paris 500 riot squad officers, supported by helicopters, took four hours to disperse the 150 vehicles jamming the road.

1998 UK Viagra on The NHS: The arguments over the NHS making Viagra available on the NHS continues to increase, Viagra the impotence pill for men costs £18 per pill and the number of patients requesting it could run into the 100's of thousands which could put more strain on the already stretched budget of the British Health Service.

2000 U.S.A. Price Of A Barrel Of Oil drops below $30.00: Saudi Arabia has announced it may well break from OPEC and make a unilateral decision to increase it's oil production by 500,000 barrels a day to ease oil prices. This will be in addition to the Opec announcement to increase production by 708,000 barrels a day. (The price of gas in the US has now soared to $2.00 a gallon breaking new ground.)

2005 UK 2012 Olympic Games: The International Olympic Committee announces that London has won the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games following a vote at the IOC meeting in Singapore.

2005 U.S.A. Judith Miller Jailed For Refusing To Reveal Sources: Following the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame by Judith Miller earlier Judith Miller has been jailed For Refusing To Reveal Sources of the story.

2006 United States Coca Cola Secret Formula: Three employees from the soda company Coca-Cola were charged with stealing secrets from the company. It is claimed that one woman stole documents and product samples and with two other men tried to sell the secrets to Coca-Cola rival, PepsiCo.

2006 India / China Trade Route Opened: An historic trade route between India and China was reopened after 44 years of being closed. The Nathu La pass through the Himalayas was part of the ancient trade route called the Silk Road and had been closed after disputes between India and China over the region of Sikkim occurred in the 1960s.

2007 Mexico Chipas Mexico Earthquake: The state of Chiapas in Mexico was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on this day.

2008 U.S.A. Armchair Balloon Flight: Kent Couch flew an armchair attached to balloons across the state of Oregon and landed in the neighboring state of Idaho. He realized his goal on this day in the third attempt to make a 235 mile trip across state lines. He used an air gun to pop balloons in order to control how high up in the air he flew.

2009 China Protest Demonstrations: Protests between Uighurs and Han Chinese in the province of Xinjiang erupted into violence on this day and left 156 people dead. Over 800 people were also injured at the protests. It was unclear as to whether or not state police or the protesters started the violence, as both sides blamed the other. The Chinese police arrested 1,434 people over the protests.

JULY 7th

1924 U.S.A. President Coolidge: President Coolidge's 16 year old son Calvin has died due to blood poisening caused by a blister on his foot becoming infected.

1930 U.S.A. Hoover Dam: Construction begins on the Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada.

1942 Poland Auschwitz Concentration Camp: Heinrich Himmler, together with a physician, begins experimenting on women in the Auschwitz concentration camps.

1947 U.S.A. Roswell Timeline: William Brazel notices strange debris while working on the Foster ranch, where he was foreman, some 70 miles (110 km) north of Roswell.
7th July: Roswell Army Air Field. Major Jesse Marcel collects debris 75 miles northwest of Roswell, New Mexico, scattered over an area 300 years wide and ¾ of a mile long. This led to rumors of an alien crash.
8th July: The Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) issue a press release stating that personnel had recovered a crashed "flying disc" from a ranch near Roswell, sparking intense media interest, later that day the press release is amended to say a "weather balloon" had been recovered.
1978: All goes quiet for 30 years until 1978 when Stanton T. Friedman interviews Major Jesse Marcel, who was involved with the original recovery of the debris in 1947 who expressed his belief that the military had covered up the recovery of an alien spacecraft.
February 1980: The National Enquirer interviews with Major Jesse Marcel bringing national and worldwide attention for the Roswell incident.
1989: Former mortician Glenn Dennis gives a detailed personal account claiming that alien autopsies were carried out at the Roswell base.

1958 U.S.A. Alaska Statehood Act: The Alaska Statehood Act is signed by President Dwight Eisenhower. This will make Alaska the 49th State In January of the following year.

1969 Vietnam U.S. Troop Withdrawal: The initial withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam begins with the withdrawal of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division, the first of 25,000 troops that were withdrawn in the first stage of the U.S. disengagement from the Vietnam war.

1969 England Brian Jones Former Rolling Stones Guitarist: The inquest into the death of rock and roll star Brian Jones the former Rolling Stones Guitarist has recorded a verdict of death by misadventure, when he had drowned after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs.

1976 U.S.A. West Point: Women are enrolled into the United States Military Academy at West Point for the first time in history.

1981 U.S.A. Sandra Day O'Connor: Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor is nominated by President Ronald Reagan to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1983 U.S.A. Samantha Smith: Samantha Smith, an 11 year old after Earlier in the year sending a letter to Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov asking why the Soviet Union wants to conquer the world.

1985 England Boris Becker Wins Wimbledon: Boris Becker wins the men's Wimbledon championships breaking multiple records in the process.

1987 Germany Petrol Tanker Accident: A petrol tanker truck crashes into an ice cream parlor in Herborn, Germany causing a massive explosion and fire which caused the death of 50 people who were trapped in the ice cream parlor.

1998 Nigeria Riots Lagos: Riots have broken out in Lagos, Nigeria following the death of the opposition leader "Chief Moshood Abiola". The riots continued for 4 days leaving over 50 dead.

2004 U.S.A. Kenneth Lay Indicted: Former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay is indicted on 11 counts of securities fraud and related charges following the collapse of Enron.

2005 UK Terrorist Bombing London Underground: Terrorists bombs are detonated in three crowded London subways on Londons Underground System and one bus during peak rush hour travel in a synchronized attack by suicide bombers thought to be members of al-Qaida, killing 56 people including the bombers and injuring another 700.

2006 Nigeria Jobs Lost: Nigeria announced that 33,000 civil service workers were to be fired by the end of 2006. These mass layoffs came from the civil service reform instated a year before the elections in 2007.

2007 Portugal Seven Wonders of the Modern World: An official declaration of the new Seven Wonders of the Modern World was made determined from a worldwide poll organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation.

The New Wonders of the World Are:
1. The Great Wall of China (It is the largest man made monument ever to have been built and is visible from space.)
2. Petra, Jordan (Petra On the edge of the Desert, was the glittering capital of the Nabataean empire of King Aretas IV.)
3. Christ Redeemer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Statue of Jesus stands some 38 meters tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro)
4. Machu Picchu, Peru (Ancient Inca City built by the Incan Emperor Pachacútec halfway up the Andes Plateau, and deep in the Amazon jungle)
5. Pyramid at Chichén Itzá, Mexico (the most famous Mayan temple city, served as the political and economic center of the Mayan civilization)
6. The Roman Colosseum, Italy (This great amphitheater in the centre of Rome to celebrate the glory of the Roman Empire)
7. The Taj Mahal, India (This immen'se mausoleum by the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved late wife.)

The New 7 Wonders of the World:The original 7 wonders of the world were:
1. Great Pyramid of Giza Egypt (Built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu.) still standing
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Multi-levelled gardens reaching 22 metres (75 feet) high) destroyed by earthquake.
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus(took 120 years to build Dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis) destroyed by Arson
4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia Greece (40 feet tall) destroyed by fire or earthquake.
5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus (Stood approximately 45 meters (135 feet) tall with each of the four sides adorned with sculptural reliefs). disassembled by European Crusaders
6. Colossus of Rhodes(giant statue of the Greek god Helios roughly) Destroyed by Earthquake
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria (between 383 - 440 ft tall it was among the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries.) Destroyed By Earthquake

2007 Iraq Truck Bomb:: The small town of Amirli in Northern Iraq is attacked with a truck bomb in a busy market. A total of 105 people are killed by the blast in Amirli, while another 51 people are killed in separate attacks in the country on this day.

2008 Spain Bull Run First Day: On the opening day of the bull run in Pamplona Spain the six bulls and some tame steers plough into spectators leaving 13 injured including tourists who were watching the famous run .

2008 Afghanistan Suicide Bomber Attacks Indian Embassy: On this day a suicide bomber attacked the Indian embassy in Kabul, killing 41 people and injuring 141.

2009 U.S.A. Michael Jackson Memorial Service: A public memorial service is held for musician Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California broadcast live around the world.

JULY 8th

1889 U.S.A. Wall Street Journal: The Wall Street Journal is first published by Dow Jones & Company created by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The original Journal featured stock and bond prices on the New York Stock Exchange but now covers U.S. and international business and financial news and issues with a worldwide daily circulation of more than 2 million.

1932 France French Submarine Prominthee: The French Submarine Prominthee sank while doing testing maneuvers in Cherbourg Harbor taking 66 crew members to a depth of 130ft, poor conditions due to tide and strong winds are hampering attempts to locate the Submarine and it is thought unlikely any survivors will be found.

1947 U.S.A. Mysterious Flying Disc: There were a number of reports of a mysterious flying disc (Spaceship) landing in Roswell, New Mexico. At first reports were denied by the U.S. military, then a report appeared which stated they had been lucky enough to obtain one of the DISCS which was later denied.



1954 Guatemala US Backed Operation: The US backed Castillo Armas takes over as leader of Guatemala from the communist leader President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, and was considered a successful covert operation against international communism by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) .

1960 Soviet Union Francis Gary Powers Charged: The US Pilot of a U-2 Spy Plane Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage in a Soviet Union court.

1965 England Ronald Biggs Escapes: Ronald Biggs one of the Great Train Robbers serving a 30 year jail sentence for the the robbery in 1963 escapes from Wandsworth prison.

1966 U.S.A. Teamsters Union James R Hoffa: The Teamsters Union elects James R Hoffa for a further 5 years as president of the union despite the possibility that he will be in jail before the end of his term of office.

1971 Northern Ireland Rioting: The rioting is continuing in Londonderry with the latest rioting increasing following the use of nail bombs by rioters causing the British army to use live ammunition and firing on rioters and killing two.

1987 U.S.A. Oliver North: Oliver North has broken 10 months of silence concerning the Iran contra affair when he testified before the house senate committee investigating the Iran Arms Sale, that all his orders came from senior members of the white house staff including orders to shred documents and to prepare false statements.

1987 India Sikh Terrorist Attacks: Following Sikh terrorist attacks on Hindu bus passengers which left 72 dead, the Indian army has banned public meetings hoping to stop the backlash by Hindu's on Sikh's in the city of Chandigarh.

1996 England School Machete Attack: A man wielding a machete attacks 3 very young children (3 and 4 yrs old) and 4 parents and staff at a kindergarten in Wolverhampton.

1997 Europe Flooding: Following torrential rains causing rivers including the Rhine and Oder to overflow with 40% of the population from Poland and the Czech Republic experiencing flood conditions due to many of the levees failing causing mass flooding to villages and towns in Europe.

1999 U.S.A. Dollar Continues To Climb: Following the increase in US interest rates the dollar hits new highs of: $1.56 to the Pound
$1.0149 to the Euro
Oil is trading at close to $25.00 a barrel
US consumer price Inflation Rate index (CPI) 2.1%
US Interest Rates 5.25% To put this in perspective 9 years later in 2008
$1.96 to the Pound
$1.57 to the Euro
US consumer price Inflation Rate index (CPI) 4.5%
US Interest Rates 2.50% Oil is trading at $145.00 a barrel

2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The latest Harry Potter book has been released and for the first time a Harry Potter book is released simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic.

2006 Mexico Luis Echeverria Cleared of charges of genocide: The ex-president of Mexico, Luis Echeverria was cleared of charges of genocide. A judge ruled that the case had reached beyond the statute of limitations in Mexico and Echeverria was released from house arrest. The charges come from an incident in 1968 in which some 300 students were killed as troops fired on them during a protest at Tlatelolco Square in Mexico City. Echeverria was the interior minister at the time and it is alleged that he gave the orders to shoot the protesters.

2007 Bangladesh Bangladesh - India Train: After 42 years, direct passenger train journeys are resumed between Bangladesh and India. The train carried government officials from India for the first time since 1965 when the train link was closed after the Indo-Pakistan war began.

2008 U.S.A. Gas Prices Reach New Highs: Gas prices around the US hit new highs as the demand for oil increases and the price of a barrel of oil reaches new highs resulting in much higher gas prices, the price of a gallon of gas ranges between $4.20 and $4.85 in different states.

2009 U.S.A. / South Korea Cyber Attacks: Government websites in both the United States and South Korea faced cyber attack attempts on this day. The United States was able to ward off most attacks, while South Korea was unable to. The attacks were believed to be carried out by North Korea, or North Korean sympathizers. These attacks highlighted the growing importance web security played in protecting government agencies and national intelligence.

JULY 11th

1924 Turkey Round The World Flight: American Fliers attempting a round the world flight have arrived at Constantinople (now called Istanbul) in good health and high spirits.

1924 Denmark Greenland Treaty Signed: Norway and Denmark have reached agreement and signed a treaty on their respective interests in Greenland and also includes mechanisms for future disputes, this follows a long war of words between the two nations over Greenland.

1944 U.S.A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that he would accept a nomination to run for president of the United States for the fourth time.

1953 U.S.A. Polio Vaccine Takes Off: The growing number of victims affected by Polio is encouraging parents to bring children to Polio Vaccination clinics around the country in ever increasing numbers in the greatest mass inoculation in history hoping to stop the spread of the deadly disease (Infantile Paralysis). On the same day in 1977 The Medal of Freedom was awarded to Doctor Jonas E. Salk for his work on battling poliomyelitis / Polio.

1955 U.S.A. 'In God We Trust': President Eisenhower signed a bill requiring use of the inscription 'In God We Trust' on all paper money.

1967 U.S.A. Heatwave Nebraska: Following periods of extremely hot weather reaching 103 degrees large areas of Nebraska were without power due to failure of key components for up to 5hrs.

1977 U.S.A. Rev Martin Luther King Jr: The Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a White House ceremony and presented by President Jimmy Carter.

1978 Spain Truck Crash Kills 200: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes into a campsite, crowded with holiday makers, in San Carlos de la Rapita, Spain. The truck and liquid gas exploded killing more than 200 people.

1979 Australia Skylab Debris Lands Over Australia: Parts of Skylab, The US first space station, after breaking up in the atmosphere showers burning debris over Australia and into the Indian Ocean.

1985 U.S.A. Coke Changes Formula: The Coca Cola company makes one of worst decisions in marketing history when it decides to change it's original formula and introduces "New Coke", this was a resounding flop and the public did not like the taste, after just a short period the old coke product was reintroduced as "Classic Coke" .

1987 Yugoslavia 5 Billion People On Earth: Today for the first time in history the worlds population exceeded 5 billion when the UN Secretary General proclaimed the infant Matej Gasper born today as the 5 billionth person on earth.

1987 Australia Bob Hawke: Australian prime minister Bob Hawke and his labour party won for a third term in office.

1998 France Three Tenors: The worlds most famous three tenors sing at the world cup open-air concert in Paris with a crowd of 100,000 people gathered around the Eiffel Tower.

2005 U.S.A. Hurricane Dennis: Hurricane Dennis the first major hurricane of the season strikes the northern Florida coast near Pensacola Beach, Florida with a storm surge of 15ft and cuts power for over 1/ million in Florida and Alabama. Following the storms path Florida, Mississippi and Alabama have been declared disaster zones.

2006 India Bombing Campaign Mumbai: Bombay terrorist attack on trains kills more than 160 people and injures a further 460 when seven bombs are detonated on the train network in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai. The blasts were said to be carried out by members of the radical group Students Islamic Movement of India.

2007 Hong Kong Democratic Form of Government: Hong Kong’s government revealed multiple proposals for the formation of a Democratic form of government in the Chinese territory. When Britain returned the city to China after ruling over it for 150 years, an agreement was made between the two countries stating that Hong Kong was eventually supposed to be made into a democracy.

2008 U.S.A. Oil Hits All Time High: Oil hits an all time high of $147 a barrel following further missile testing by Iran in the middle east and concerns over oil supplies should tensions increase further between Iran and Israel over Iran's Nuclear program.

2008 U.S.A. David Petraeus: United States General David Petraeus was confirmed by the United States Senate as the head of United States military operations in the Middle East.

JULY 12th

1924 U.S.A. Air Mail: The Post Office has announced it will now accept air mail letters for countries where the domestic later rate applies.

1924 Turkey Round The World Flight: The three American Army Planes together with the three crews set off from Constantinople on the next leg of their round the world trip to Bucharest in Rumania.

1962 England The Rolling Stones: The Rolling Stones give their first public performance at the Marquee Club in London, the original band included singer Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones, bassist Dick Taylor, and drummer Mick Avory.

1963 England Moors Murderers: The infamous moors murderers begin their killing spree when 16 yr old Pauline Reade is abducted by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the so-called "Moors Murderers," launching a series of cruel murders lasting over two years.

1967 U.S.A. Airline Strike: The strike by workers in the airline industry continues to effect 5 major airlines with little hope seen of an early settlement and some airlines are now laying workers off including Eastern Airlines.

1967 U.S.A. Newark Race Riots: Race Riots began in Newark, New Jersey, after a black cab driver was arrested and beaten by police. At the end of the rampage by rioters there were 24 deaths, 1,100 wounded, 1,300 arrested and property loss of more than $5 million, the problems were believed to be caused a combination of factors including rumor's that the Cab Driver was dead and charges that cops dealing with problems were racist and brutal together with poor leadership by the local mayor.

1986 Northern Ireland Continued Violence: Portadown, County Armagh: The Orange Parade by Orangemen have caused problems to flare up in Portadown, County Armagh. Catholic Nationalist and Protestant Loyalist youths are fighting on the streets throwing bottles, darts and bricks at each other and the security forces. There are also a number of looting of shops and businesses in the area and the army has been using baton charges and plastic bullets to bring peace back to the area.

1987 U.S.A. New York Land Prices: As more and more areas of land are sold for development of new out of town shopping Malls many can not believe how much the price of land has changed in Syracuse New York, just 10 years ago an acre of land was a mere $2,000 per acre and now it commands up to $100,000 per acre.

1987 England Church Criticized: The Church of England has been criticized for it's investments in South Africa due to the countries Apartheid Policies , but they have refused to stop investing in South African companies and land.

1990 Russia Mikhail Gorbachev: After the election of Mikhail Gorbachev as head of the Soviet Communist Party, Boris Yeltsin, president of the Republic of Russia, announces his resignation from the Soviet Communist Party. This was a blow to Gorbachev who was hoping to keep all parts and factions of the Communist party working together.

1993 Japan Tsunami Okushiri: Following an earthquake estimated at 7.8 which generated giant waves a tsunami left roughly 200 people dead on the island of Okushiri in Japan.

1995 U.S.A. Heat Wave Wisconsin and Illinois kills 1,000: A heat wave that effects Illinois and Wisconsin starts when a heat advisory is issued in Chicago, Illinois, warning of an impending record-breaking heat wave. By the time the heat wave ends one week later, nearly 2,000 people are dead in Illinois and Wisconsin with temperatures being recorded in Chicago up to 106 degrees Fahrenheit.

1999 Europe Beef Import Ban: Following a ban by the European Union on all Beef Imports from the US over the widespread use of growth hormones which the EU believes could cause increased cancer, nerve disorders and other health problems. The US has placed trade sanctions worth $116m on EU Goods.

2006 South Korea South Korea / US Trade Talks: Nearly 30,000 protesters rioted in Seoul as the United States and South Korea held the third day of talks with the purpose of reducing trade barriers between the two countries.

2007 U.S.A. Lady Bird Johnson Dies: Former First Lady, Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, better known as Lady Bird Johnson passed away at the age of 94 on this day. Best known for her environmentalism, Johnson was also a strong supporter of civil rights and combating poverty.

2008 Iran / Israel Missile Testing: The Tension between Iran and Israel is increasing as Iran shows the strength of it's resolve both in words and sabre rattling this week as Iran tests more missiles and tells the world if Israel attacks it will strike Tel Aviv and US Military bases. Meanwhile Israel is committed to stopping Iran gaining Nuclear weapons capability in any way and any how with the Israel defence minister talking about Israel's readiness to strike Iran. The possibility of a win by presidential nominee Barack Obama who has pledged to pursue diplomacy routes rather than confrontation with Iran and who may not provide Israel with US backing for an attack on Iran leaves many including Iran concerned that the window of opportunity for Israel to attack Iran with US backing is slipping away as it is thought the current Bush administration would provide the backing Israel needs.

2008 U.S.A. IndyMac Bank Collapse: The IndyMac Bank, based in California, failed on this day. The bank became the fifth to fail in the United States in 2008, and became one of the largest financial institutions to fail in United States history.

Let us not forget a very important historical event which occurred on July 12, 1979.

The Death of Disco.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6760390

I'm sure there's some more video on youtube.

OmniScience wrote: Let us not forget a very important historical event which occurred on July 12, 1979.

The Death of Disco.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6760390

I'm sure there's some more video on youtube.

Ding dong disco's dead ....

I used to listen to Steve Dahl all the time.

JULY 13th

1922 U.S.A. Rail Strike: President Harding announced that Federal Troops may be used to enforce the presidents proclamation that interference with the United States Mail Service by the rail strike will not be tolerated.

1936 U.S.A. Heatwave: The Midwestern region of the United States experienced a record shattering heat wave, destroying millions of dollars in crops and causing more than 1,000 heat-related deaths.

1943 Russia World War II Tank Battle: The biggest tank battle in history The Battle of Kursk, involving 6,000 tanks, two million men, and 5,000 aircraft, ends the German offensive of Russia.

1951 U.S.A. Flooding: Major flooding in Kansas which was caused by rivers in Kansas overflowing causing the greatest destruction from flooding in the midwestern United States 1/2 million people were left homeless and 24 people died in the disaster.

1955 England Ruth Ellis Hanged: Ruth Ellis the last woman in England to be executed is hung at Holloway Prison, thousands mass outside protesting the death penalty.

1960 U.S.A. Senator John F. Kennedy: Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts is nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson .

1970 U.S.A. Black Panther party: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover named the Black Panther party the most dangerous terrorist group in existence today.

1977 U.S.A. Blackout Hits New York: A lightening strike strikes a substation on the Hudson River, tripping two circuit breakers in Westchester County, then a second lightning strike caused the loss of two 345,000 volt transmission lines causing a 25hrs blackout of the New York City area.

1978 U.S.A. Lee Iacocca: Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. after falling out with the chairman of Ford, Henry Ford II. Following the ending of his career at Ford Lee Iacocca takes over as Chrysler's Chairman where he restructured the company.

1985 World Wide Live Aid Concert: The Live Aid Concert was a series of rock concerts held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia around the world in cites including London, Philadelphia, Sydney and Moscow. The Concerts were organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and raised over $250 million .
Below are just some of the artists who provided their time and performances for free and this concert showed like nothing before or after what can be achieved when ego's and a desire to give something back by some of the most popular figures in entertainment put their efforts in.
Adam Ant Ashford & Simpson B. B. King Billy Ocean Black Sabbath Bob Dylan
Bob Geldof Boomtown Rats Brian May Bryan Adams Bryan Ferry Cher
Cliff Richard Crosby Stills Nash & Young David Bowie Dire Straits Duran Duran
Elton John Elvis Costello Eric Clapton Freddie Mercury Griff Rhys Jones Hall & Oates
Joan Baez Judas Priest Keith Richards Kenny Loggins Kiki Dee Kool & the Gang
Led Zeppelin Lionel Richie Madonna Mel Smith Men at Work Mick Jagger
Neil Young Nik Kershaw Pat Boone Patti LaBelle Paul McCartney Paul Young
Phil Collins London and Philadelphia Plant Page and Jones Power Station Queen
REO Speedwagon Rick Springfield Roger Daltrey Ron Wood Run-DMC
Sade Santana Simple Minds Spandau Ballet Status Quo Sting
Style Council The Beach Boys The Cars The Four Tops The Pretenders The Who
Thompson Twins Tina Turner Tom Petty U2 Ultravox Wham

1998 U.S.A. GM Recall: GM motors is forced to recall 800,000 cars, vans and trucks due to malfunctioning airbags.

1998 Russia IMF $22bn loan: As Russia continues it's economic problems the International Monetary Fund's has agreed to give Russia a $22bn loan to help stabalise it's economy. The IMF when providing loans always place conditions with any loan and the proposed loan to Russia is no different.

2000 Fiji Hostages Released By Rebels: Rebels led by leader George Speight have released 18 hostages including the former Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry after eight weeks from parliament. Within hours, Ratu Josefa Iloilo was appointed president of Fiji.

2001 Internet Code Red Virus: The code red (WORM) virus is first seen on the Internet. The worm is designed to attack web sites running on Microsoft's IIS web server. The virus is thought to have affected over 250,000 web sites between 13th July and 20th July before a patch provided by Microsoft fixed the vulnerability and became well known for displaying the words "Hacked By Chinese!" on sites it had taken control of (hence the name).

2006 U.S.A. New HIV Breakthrough Approved: The Food and Drug Administration in the United States licensed the drug Atripla on this day. This treatment for HIV combined three common drugs used to treat the virus and was meant to be a once-a-day treatment. The development of this combined medication made it easier for patients to upkeep their treatment on a regular basis.

2006 Lebanon Israeli Bombing: Hezbollah fire dozens of rockets into Israel causing Israel to impose a naval blockade on Lebanon and blasted the Beirut airport and army air bases.

2007 U.S.A. David Beckham: David Beckham, former British soccer captain, and his wife Victoria, former pop star from "The Spice Girls" arrived in the United States on this day. Beckham joined the American soccer team the Los Angeles Galaxy with hopes that his star power would revitalize the sport in the United States.

2008 Afghanistan Terrorist Atacks: On this day, twenty-one people were killed after a suicide bombing in the province of Uruzgan in Afghanistan. Of the twenty-one who were killed seventeen were civilians.

2009 India 29 Indian Police Attacked and Killed: Twenty-nine Indian police were killed after an ambush took place in Rajnandgaon in the state of Chhattisgarh. They were ambushed by Maoist rebels after trying to respond to a smaller attack on two officers.

Thanks, for the input, Eddie.

JULY 14th

1923 U.S.A. Monster Dirigible: A monster dirigible ( ZR1 )is under construction at the air craft factory of Philadelphia Navy Yard, as parts are completed they are sent to Lakehurst New Jersey for assembly which will be the air ships home port.

1933 Russia Typhus Epidemic: A typhus epidemic has broken out in the city of Moscow and hospitals are full and overflowing with victims of the disease.

1933 Austria Hitler: A newspaper in Austria made public that Adolf Hitler Nazi Chancellor of Germany and a sworn enemy of Jews is a Jew himself, there has been speculation for some time that this was the case but never publicly published.

1933 Germany Other Political Parties Banned: All other political parties are banned in Germany except for the Nazi Party.

1941 Libya Tripoli: Two Axis ships were destroyed and a third set on fire just off Tripoli by RAF Fighter Bombers.

1955 Germany Karmann Ghia Coupe: Following on with it's world wide success of The Beetle Volkswagen introduced the Karmann Ghia coupe as a Volkswagen that could show the world that they could produce great looking cars as well as reliable cars.

1958 Iraq Military Coup: A military coup in Iraq overthrows the monarchy making Iraq a republic. The Crown Prince Abdul Illah and Nuri es Said, prime minister of the Iraq-Jordan Federation, had been assassinated by the rebels.

1966 U.S.A. Richard Speck Murders: In one of the worst murder cases to date 8 student nurses are brutally murdered by Richard Speck at their group residence in Chicago, Illinois.

1978 U.S.A. Public Service Strikes: Public Servants today began a strike in 3 major US Cities leaving cities with no police on the streets, no fire protection and most other public service employees on strike.

1988 U.S.A. 95% of all US Car Sales By Ford, GM and Chrysler: The latest figures released show that the big three US auto makers Ford Motor Company, GM Motors and Chrysler between between them account for 95% of the US domestic sales.

1989 France Celebrations of The French Revolution: Celebrations in France over the the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille to release the prisoners and execute their jailers which was the beginning of the end of Ten years of bloody revolution, ending with the execution of King Louis XVI.

2003 U.S.A. Hurricane Claudette: Hurricane Claudette with 90 MPH winds hits the Texas coast causing major damage, especially in Galveston, where it kills two people.

2004 Philippines Troop Pull Out From Iraq: Bowing to pressure from within the country the Philippine deputy foreign minister has announced they will would withdraw troops "as soon as possible". The Philippines does not have a large contingent of troops in Iraq (estimated less than 100) but it is seen as a blow to the United States because of the signals it will send around the world over allies commitment to Iraq.

2006 Lebanon Israeli Bombing: Israel continued its attacks on the country of Lebanon after the militant group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers. Over fifty people, most of whom were civilians, were killed in the attacks on this day. The conflict between Israel and Lebanon lasted until August 14th of 2006.

2007 North Korea Closes Nuclear Reactors: North Korea closed the first of many nuclear reactors as specified by a fuel deal made in exchange for fuel. The International Atomic Energy Agency monitored and helped North Korea shut down this first reactor and in exchange North Korea received 6,200 tons of heavy fuel, the first shipment in a 1 million ton deal. The closings are put on hold in 2008 as tensions between North Korea and the United States heighten.

2007 Canary Islands Great Canary Telescope: One of the largest optical telescopes began testing in the Canary Islands on this day.

2008 U.S.A. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Bailout: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae who own or guarantee about $5.3 trillion worth of home loans about half of all US mortgages have seen a loss of confidence my the market due to the mortgage forclosure increase and the drop in property values in the United States.

2008 U.S.A. Anheuser- Busch Taken Over: After a $52 billion takeover deal, American beer maker, Anheuser- Busch, was taken over by the Belgian beer maker InBev on this day. The merging of the two companies made the newly combined company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the largest beer maker in the world.

2009 Switzerland Sir Edward Thomas Downes Assisted Suicide: Famous British conductor, Sir Edward Thomas Downes and his wife died after choosing assisted suicide at the Dignitas organization in Switzerland. Both were suffering from health problems and decided to end their lives together peacefully instead of continuing to suffer from worsening health problems.