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Rep Power: 0    | Today In History July 15th 1606 - Rembrandt is born. 1806 - Zebulon Pike's expedition of the American Southwest begins. 1923 - Bobby Jone's wins his first U.S. Open. 1965 - Mariner 4 sends back to Earth the first close-up images of Mars. 1997 - Gianni Versace murdered by Andrew Cunanan. July 16th 1918 - Russia's Czar Nicholas II and family executed by the Bolsheviks. 1945 - U.S. conducts first test of the atomic bomb. 1951 - J.D. Salinger's first novel Catcher in the Rye is published. 1969 - Apollo 11, first U.S. lunar landing mission, is launched. 1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and sister-in-law die in plane crash. 2001 - David Duval wins 130th British Open. July 17th 1917 - British royal family changes its name to Windsor. 1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. 1975 - Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 rendevous and dock in space. |
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| 07-24-2005 , 09:19 PM | #2 |
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Rep Power: 0 | Not too much happened on July 24: 1847: Mormons settle Salt Lake Valley. 1956: Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin perform their last show together. 1983: George Brett's home run against the Yankees waved off because it was ruled that he had pine tar farther up the bat than the legal 18 inches. The decision was later reversed and the game finished at a later date. Birthdays today: City of Detroit: 1701 Simon Bolivar: 1783 Alexandre Dumas: 1802 Amelia Earhart: 1898 Doug Sanders: 1933 Lynda Carter: 1951 Barry Bonds: 1964 Jennifer Lopez: 1970 |
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