July

Just for fun I thought you might like to take a trip back in history.
On this date in July ...

1 ~ 1847 1st US postage stamps go on sale
1943 1st withholding tax from paychecks

4 ~ 1776 Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain
1832 "America" 1st sung publicly
1884 Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris

5 ~ 1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency

6 ~ 1928 1st all-talking motion picture shown, in NY (Lights of NY)

8 ~ 1969 US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam

9 ~ 1910 Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude

12 ~ 1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law ($.33 per hour)

14 ~ 1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)

17 ~ 1861 Congress authorizes paper money
1955 Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County

20 ~ 1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11

24 ~ 1870 1st trans-US rail service begins

25 ~ 1946 1st bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show

26 ~ 1775 Benjamin Franklin becomes 1st Postmaster General
1908 Federal Bureau of Investigation established

28 ~ 1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut

29 ~ 1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between NYC & SF
1920 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF

30 ~ 1928 George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie
1956 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized