On This Day In History
10 July 1989. Mel Blanc died (aged 81). He’s best known as the voice of numerous cartoon characters, including: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and most of the other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoons. pic.twitter.com/pSG0TmyFfP
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 10, 2022
10 July 2015. Hollywood film star, Omar Sharif, died (aged 83). He’s best known for his appearances in Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He was once ranked among the world’s top contract bridge players. pic.twitter.com/Vck5ANkzXC
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 10, 2022
10 July 2018. The final 4 members of a junior football team (aged 11-16), and their lead coach, who had been trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, were rescued. The whole team and their two coaches had first entered the cave on 23 June 2018. pic.twitter.com/zv63uocP4g
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 10, 2022
July 18th
64 Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero
1925 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice")
1936 Spanish Civil War: General Francisco Franco issues manifesto and leads an uprising in the Spanish army stationed in Morocco
2012 Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army
2013 Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest US municipal bankruptcy ever at $18.5 billion
Did You Know?
1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
Today in History in 1743
Would You Believe?
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after a 28 hours flight, supposedly left NY flying for California
Today in History in 1938
This day 107 years ago – 18 July 1912 – suffragettes set fire to the Theatre Royal, Dublin, during a visit of British Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith.
For it, Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans were sentenced to five years' penal servitude, though both were released after hunger striking. pic.twitter.com/1CYYECjphA
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) July 18, 2019
#OTD in 1992, the first known photo on the 'world wide web' featured Les Horribles Cernettes, a comedy band of four women. They worked at @CERN with Tim Berners-Lee, then developing what became the internet. Every photo we post is a descendant of this one. https://t.co/XH0o3CTCBw pic.twitter.com/BrxSyxuAOu
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) July 18, 2022
On this day in 1946, white men lynched Maceo Snipes in Taylor County, Georgia, for voting in a recent election. His relatives later faced threats and fled the region in fear. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/nuc8uKJVjK
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) July 18, 2022
18 July 1290. Edward I issued the “Edict of Expulsion”, banishing all 16,000 Jews from England. The edict was only overturned during the Protectorate, more than 350 years later, when Oliver Cromwell permitted Jews to return to England in 1657. pic.twitter.com/AGiUfD3uFy
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 18, 2022
18 July 1610. Leading Italian Baroque painter, Caravaggio, (Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio), died (aged 38). His paintings have been praised for their dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting generally. pic.twitter.com/dbOVeCZVPx
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 18, 2022
18 July 1817. Acclaimed English novelist, Jane Austen, died (aged 41). Her books include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. They critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. pic.twitter.com/kpNhA9YPYQ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 18, 2022
18 July 1953. The 6-part series, The Quatermass Experiment, was broadcast on BBC TV. It was the first British science fiction TV series, and tells the story of the first British flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass.
pic.twitter.com/bnCj49paBU— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 18, 2022
18 July 1970. BBC DJ, Kenny Everett, was sacked, after joking that Mary Peyton, wife of Tory transport minister, John Peyton, passed her driving because "she probably crammed a fiver into the examiner's hand". A BBC boss later admitted they were looking for an excuse to sack him. pic.twitter.com/GV4vTnjC1F
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 18, 2022
18 July 1976. At the Montreal Olympic Games, Nadia Comaneci, a brilliant 14-year-old Romanian gymnast, competing at her first Olympics, became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 for her 30-second routine on the uneven bars. pic.twitter.com/ONxY1T3nwr
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 18, 2022
PHOTO OF THE DAY: The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. Species is now extinct. pic.twitter.com/qygotJDcql
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) July 18, 2022
July 19th
1595 Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz
1843 The steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world
1848 1st US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
1941 British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign
Did You Know?
Michael Brunet discovers the skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis in the Djurab Desert, Chad. One of the oldest known species in the human family tree, 6-7 million years ago years old
Today in History in 2001
Would You Believe?
US scientists calculate total amount plastic ever produced - 8.3 billion tonnes, equal to weight of 1 billion elephants
Today in History in 2017
This day 48 years ago – 19 July 1972 – Muhammad Ali fought Alvin Lewis in Croke Park, Dublin, winning on technical knockout in the 11th round.
The fight was attended by 18,000 people.
It was Ali's first visit to Ireland, where his great-grandfather, Abe Grady, had been born. pic.twitter.com/gMLPUeOYyI
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) July 19, 2020
#OTD in 1841, a convict ship brought 29 women prisoners to Tasmania. They gave the governor's wife the Rajah Quilt, made on the voyage with the help of Quaker women campaigning for penal reform. Free woman, Kezia Elizabeth Hayter, co-ordinated the work. https://t.co/ZiBi6LKsBg pic.twitter.com/kroJ4q7u32
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) July 19, 2022
On this day in 1919, a mob of white men moved through a neighborhood in Washington D.C. gathering weapons and beating Black residents, starting a campaign of terror that would continue for days. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/rFCnBABJOU
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) July 19, 2022