The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. Engelbert Dollfuss was an Austrian statesman who served as the Chancellor of Austria…
24 July 1969
Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean. The Apollo 11 mission was a historic spaceflight conducted by NASA, the United States’ space agency….
23 July 1972
The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite. Landsat 1, officially known as the Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1 (ERTS-1), was the first…
22 July 1942
Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins. Grossaktion Warsaw, also known as the Grossaktion Warschau, was a brutal and devastating…
21 July 1925
Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100. The…
20 July 1903
The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile. The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker and one of the world’s largest and most…
19 July 1977
The world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,…
18 July 1812
The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars. The Treaty of Orebro was signed on July 18, 1812, between Sweden and the…
17 July 1962
Nuclear weapons testing: The “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site. Operation Dominic…
16 July 1948
The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking…