And the next date in the calendar is....

[ScottishBiTeen]

June 29th 1995 - The Sampoong Department Store in South Korea suffers a catastrophic structural failure, killing 502 people.

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

 

[MassRuss]

June 30, 1859 - Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope

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

 

[MassRuss]

July 1, 1804 - Birth of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin - Author George Sand

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

 

[MassRuss]

July 2, 1644 - 1st English Civil War. Battle of Marston Moor, between Royalists & Parliamentarians, who win.

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

 

[ScottishBiTeen]

July 3rd 1938 - The steam locomotive, LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard breaks the world speed record for steam locomotives, reaching a top speed of 126 mph (203 km/h). Her record remains unsurpassed to this day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard

 

[unloadonme]

^ Mallard can be seen at the National Railway Museum in York.

4 July 1826 – Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 2nd and 3rd Presidents of the United States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

 

[MassRuss]

July 5, 1801 - Birth of Admiral David Farragut

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

 

[unloadonme]

6 July 1189 – Death of King Henry II of England

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

 

[MassRuss]

July 7, 2005 - 4 explosions caused by suicide bombers kill 52 & injure over 700 in London.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings

 

[MassRuss]

July 8, 1836 - Birth of British politician Joseph Chamberlain

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

 

[MassRuss]

July 9, 1540 - Henry VIII annuls his marriage to #4 - Anne of Cleves. She outlived him, his other wives & his son, dying after the coronation of Mary I

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

 

[unloadonme]

10 July 1867 – Birth of Prince Maximilian of Baden

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

 

[MassRuss]

July 11, 1657 - Birth of Frederick I of Prussia

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

 

[unloadonme]

12 July 1730 – Birth of Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company

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

 

[MassRuss]

July 13, 2011 - Mumbai, India rocked by 3 bomb blasts, killing 26, injuring 130.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings

 

[unloadonme]

14 July 1881 – Death of Billy the Kid

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

 

[MassRuss]

July 15, 1685 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II is beheaded for treason for trying to overthrow his uncle, James II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth

 

[unloadonme]

16 July 1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.

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

 

[unloadonme]

17 July 1845 – Death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey

 

[Pickwick]

july 18 1389 – France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.