On this day in history.

[J. A.]

Perhaps the Nero coffeehouse chain should do something in remembrance?

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Lol.
They would have problems deciding which Rome to burn down, nowadays. ;-)

 

[J. A.]

July 19, 1900: The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Métro

 

[J. A.]

July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon almost 7 hours later.

 

[J. A.]

July 22, 1933: Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15,596 miles (25,099 km) in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post

 

[scifan57]

July 25, 1978; the first baby to be conceived via in vitro fertilization is born. Louise Joy Brown was born at Oldham and District General Hospital in Manchester, England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Brown


http://www.biography.com/people/louise-brown-9542072

 

[squib]

Wow, that seems recent in my head but a long time ago in reality! I wonder when they will clone the first baby? If they ever do. I hope not. I read a book recently that makes me think cloning sentient beings could have as good and as bad results as the Atom Bomb.

 

[J. A.]

July 26, 1951: Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)

 

[scifan57]

July 27, 1921; Frederick Banting and Charles Best, working at the University of Toronto successfully isolate insulin, a hormone which they believed could prevent diabetes.





http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/featured/the-discovery-of-insulin

 

[J. A.]

July 28, 1851: Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph





Thegreatgeekmanual

The photograph was made by Busch and Berkowski, at the Royal Observatory in Königsberg, Prussia. It shows a slight but distinct impression of the corona during the total eclipse. The daguerreotype uses a 84 second exposure and is taken shortly after the beginning of totality.

 

[scifan57]

July 28, 1945; a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashes into the side of the Empire State Building in New York City, causing the deaths of 14 people, including 11 office workers in the building. The pilot was flying in heavy fog over Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-25_Empire_State_Building_crash

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Empirestate540.jpg

 

[J. A.]

July 29, 1981: A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Charles,_Prince_of_Wales,_and_Lady_Diana_Spencer




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[Richard Brown]

July 29, 1981: A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Charles,_Prince_of_Wales,_and_Lady_Diana_Spencer

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You bet, I was standing in the crowds quite close to the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand. There were no huge screens on which to watch things, but we still enjoyed a great atmosphere which lifted twice, as the procession went to St Paul's, and then returned. In between, we listened to the commentary and service on transistor radios which some folk had brought with them.

I used 3 rolls of 35mm film, capturing the occasion on colour slides.

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[J. A.]

You bet, I was standing in the crowds quite close to the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand. There were no huge screens on which to watch things, but we still enjoyed a great atmosphere which lifted twice, as the procession went to St Paul's, and then returned. In between, we listened to the commentary and service on transistor radios which some folk had brought with them.

I used 3 rolls of 35mm film, capturing the occasion on colour slides.

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My mother had turned on the TV to watch it. I saw parts of the broadcast. It was exciting for us as well, although we certainly can't imagine what it is like for you who were involved.

 

[scifan57]

July 29, 1958; the U.S. Congress passes the legislation creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (NASA), the civilian agency responsible for running America's space program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_logo.svg

 

[J. A.]

July 30, 2003: In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle