James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others at McDonald’s in San Ysidro, California. He is shot dead by police.
17 July 1996
Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 explodes, killing all on board.
16 July 1945
The Atomic Age begins with the Manhattan Project when the United States detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear bomb at the Trinity test site near Alamogordo…
12 July 1962
At the Marquee Club in London, the rock band, Rolling Stones perform their first concert.
10 July 1925
Silence Day is observed in commemoration of Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years on this day.
9 July 1986
The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act that legalizes homosexuality.