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Post by soutxed on Jul 7, 2024 7:17:36 GMT -5
July 7, 1928, Best thing ever, as sliced bread is sold for first time. Missouri's Chillicothe Baking Company offers up packages of 'Kleen Maid Sliced Bread,' thanks to Otto Rohwedder's invention, a machine that cuts loaves of bread into uniform slices. Hailed as a great advance, sliced bread will be banned for a time in 1943 as a wartime extravagance.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 7, 2024 7:23:05 GMT -5
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July 7, 1930
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 8, 2024 0:29:19 GMT -5
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Incorrect: July 4, 1776
Correct: Aug. 2, 1776
While the Second Continental Congress initially met in Philadelphia to discuss the country's future on July 1, 1776 and declared America's independence from England on July 2, the final draft of the Declaration of Independence document wasn't finished until July 4 — and wasn't actually signed until Aug. 2 of that year. Today, we celebrate the day the document's text was finalized. Though if you wanted to throw a barbecue on Aug. 2, surely no one would (or could) complain.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 8, 2024 8:16:58 GMT -5
July 8, 1994, Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 8, 2024 8:58:06 GMT -5
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July 8, 1889
The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
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Post by BillG on Jul 8, 2024 9:09:57 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 8TH is "National Freezer Pop Day"!
 
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 8, 2024 18:58:13 GMT -5
Where did the pilgrims land in America?
Incorrect: Plymouth Rock
Correct: Unknown
According to The Washington Post, the only reason we currently think that Plymouth Rock is the spot where the pilgrims first touched U.S. soil is because 121 years after their arrival, "a young boy overheard 95-year-old Thomas Faunce relate that his father, who came to Plymouth three years after the Mayflower, told him he'd heard from unnamed persons that the landing occurred there."
So it's a fact that's based on a rumor that's hundreds of years old. WaPo also notes that the English Puritan William Bradford failed to mention Plymouth Rock in his book Of Plymouth Plantation, which would be a pretty big oversight on his part if that was, in fact, where they landed.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 9, 2024 7:54:17 GMT -5
July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell's Soup Cans make their debut.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 9, 2024 10:01:24 GMT -5
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July 9, 1914
Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth's contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 9, 2024 21:54:50 GMT -5
What did Paul Revere shout on his midnight ride in 1775?
Incorrect: "The British are coming!"
Correct: "The regulars are coming!" (If anything!)
Turns out, Paul Revere probably didn't yell anything on his famous midnight ride, since it was a covert mission. Plus, back then, no one used the term "British." Had Revere been yelling the phrase he's best known for, he not only would have attracted a lot of unwanted attention, but no one would have had any idea of what he was trying to say — or who he was yelling about.
It's more likely that Revere said something along the lines of, "The regulars are coming," and that he said it just once: When he arrived at the house where Samuel Adams and John Hancock — fugitives at the time — were holed up.
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 10, 2024 2:21:58 GMT -5
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National Kitten Day on July 10 purrfectly celebrates the cuddly warmth of a kitty.
The miniature fur balls of energy snuggle their way into our hearts with no effort at all.
Within a flick of their tiny ears, we're in love.
 National Kitten Day reminds us that while kittens are well equipped to find their way into our hearts, many don't find homes.
They're abandoned at shelters, on the side of the road or wild and feral.
Spaying and neutering our pets, including our cats, is vital to their health and keeping the stray population down.
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Post by johnmori on Jul 10, 2024 7:58:28 GMT -5
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July 10, 1938
Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
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Post by BillG on Jul 10, 2024 8:37:16 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 10TH is "National Pina Colada Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Jul 10, 2024 9:30:28 GMT -5
July 10, 1965, The Rolling Stones started a four-week run at number one on the singles chart with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” their first chart topper in the US.
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 10, 2024 23:07:44 GMT -5
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National Blueberry Muffin Day on July 11 gives us a great reason to get up in the morning and celebrate!
Americans love their blueberry muffins so much, it's their number 1 favorite muffin flavor.
Whether it is for breakfast or a snack, blueberry muffins are melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
 While enjoying a delicious blueberry muffin, consider the powerhouse the blueberry is.
This once wild berry became domesticated during the early 1900s thanks to the observations of Elizabeth Coleman White and the research of Dr. Frederick V. Coville.
Before their efforts, wild blueberries were never successfully transplanted and raised in any farming operation for personal or commercial production.
The only way to enjoy fresh blueberries was to seek them out where they grew naturally.
Today we can enjoy the abundant potassium, vitamin C and B6, and other health benefits of the blueberry much more readily than they did 120 years ago.
We bake them into muffins and eat them by the handfuls.
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