July 31
WORLD Ranger Day
INTERNATIONAL Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day
NATIONAL Raspberry Cake Day
NATIONAL Mutt Day
NATIONAL Avocado Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1498 During his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus arrived at the island of Trinidad
1790 The US Patent Office opens, issuing the first US patent to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for a process of making fertilizer
1845 French Army bands adopt the recently invented Saxophone
1882 Belle and Sam Starr are charged with horse stealing in the Indian territory
1904 The Trans-Siberian railroad is completed, connecting the Ural mountains with Russia’s Pacific coast
1912 First attempt to launch an airplane by catapult is made at Annapolis
1964 The US space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the Moon’s surface
1970 Black Tot Day: Parliament abolishes the Royal Navy's 330 year tradition of a daily issue of grog, replacing it with a daily can of beer
1987 An F4 tornado in Edmonton, Alberta kills 27 and causes $330 million in damages
1990 Bosnia-Herzegovina declares independence from Yugoslavia
1991 George HW Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
1991 The US Senate voted to allow women to fly combat aircraft
July 30
INTERNATIONAL Day of Friendship
NATIONAL Cheesecake Day
NATIONAL Father-in-Law Day
NATIONAL Paperback Book Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1619 The first legislative assembly in English North America convened in Jamestown, Virginia
1729 The US city of Baltimore was founded
1932 The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles
1938 George Eastman demonstrates his color motion picture process
1956 The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the US national motto
1965 President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill into law
2003 The last of the uniquely shaped “old style” Volkswagen Beetles rolls off the assembly line in Mexico
2012 Blackout in India as power grid failure leaves 300 million+ without power
July 29
INTERNATIONAL Tiger Day
INTERNATIONAL Chicken Wing Day
NATIONAL Lasagna Day
NATIONAL Rain Day
NATIONAL Lipstick Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1914 Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco
1921 Adolf Hitler became the president of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazis)
1958 The United States Congress passes legislation formally inaugurating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1981 Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer
1990 The Boston Red Sox hit 12 doubles in a game, setting a major league record
2003 Red Sox switch hitter Bill Mueller became the first baseball player to hit grand slam home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game
July 28
WORLD Hepatitis Day
NATIONAL Milk Chocolate Day
NATIONAL Talk in an Elevator Day [last Friday in July]
NATIONAL System Administrator Appreciation Day [last Friday in July]
NATIONAL Get Gnarly Day [last Friday in July]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1866 Congress approves adoption of the metric system
1868 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution is adopted, guaranteeing citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States and equal protection to all persons
1896 The city of Miami, Florida, was incorporated
1931 Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem
1943 President Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing
1945 A B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 13-14 people
1990 A fire at an electrical substation causes a blackout in Chicago. Some 40,000 people were without power for up to three days.
July 27
NATIONAL Take Your Pants for a Walk Day
NATIONAL Scotch Whisky Day
NATIONAL Walk on Stilts Day
NATIONAL Chili Dog Day [last Thursday in July]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1909 Orville Wright sets a world record for staying aloft in an airplane–one hour, 12 minutes and 40 seconds
1920 A radio compass was used for the first time for aircraft navigation
1940 Bugs Bunny made his official debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon “A Wild Hare”
1953 The United States, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the Korean War to an end
1996 The Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia is disrupted by the explosion of a pipe bomb in Centennial Olympic Park
2003 Lance Armstrong won his fifth straight Tour de France
July 26
NATIONAL All or Nothing Day
NATIONAL Aunt and Uncle Day
NATIONAL Coffee Milkshake Day
NATIONAL One Voice Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1775 The Continental Congress establishes a postal system for the colonies with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general
1788 New York became the 11th US state
1920 The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote
1945 Churchill resigns as Britain's Prime Minister
1947 President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1948 President Harry Truman issued Executive Order No. 9981 for “equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion or national origin”
July 25
NATIONAL Threading the Needle Day
NATIONAL Wine and Cheese Day
NATIONAL Hot Fudge Sundae Day
NATIONAL Hire a Veteran Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1850 Gold is discovered in the Rogue River in Oregon, extending the quest for gold up the Pacific coast
1861 The Crittenden Resolution, calling for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, is passed by Congress
1946 The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll
1947 The US Army, Navy, & Air Force are subordinated to the new Department of Defense
1952 Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States
1978 The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in Oldham, England
2010 The release of 91,731 classified documents from the Wikileaks organization was made public
July 24
NATIONAL Cousins Day
NATIONAL Drive-Thru Day
NATIONAL Tell an Old Joke Day
NATIONAL Tequila Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned and forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son James VI
1866 Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War
1938 Instant coffee was invented. Nestle came up with the first instant coffee after 8 years of experiments.
1974 The Supreme Court rules that President Richard Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes
1870 The first trans-US rail service began
July 23
NATIONAL Vanilla Ice Cream Day
NATIONAL Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day
NATIONAL Parent's Day [fourth Sunday in July]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1847 Brigham Young says "This is the place" and founds Salt Lake City
1865 William Booth founds the Salvation Army
1868 The 14th Amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to African Americans
1903 The Ford Motor Company sells its first automobile, the Model A
1995 The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp
July 22
NATIONAL Hammock Day
NATIONAL Mango Day
NATIONAL Pi Approximation Day
NATIONAL Rat Catcher's Day
NATIONAL Day of the Cowboy [fourth Saturday in July]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1376 The Pied Piper abducts the children of Hamlin
1789 Thomas Jefferson becomes the first head of the US Department of Foreign Affairs
1796 Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleveland
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the US Senate
1942 US initiates gasoline rationing
1975 Congress voted to restore Confederate general Robert E. Lee's US citizenship
July 21
NATIONAL Junk Food Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1861 Confederate forces won victory at Bull Run in the first major battle of the Civil War
1873 The first train robbery west of the Mississippi was carried out by Jesse James and his gang
1898 Spain ceded Guam to the US
1925 John Scopes is found guilty for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee, and fined $100
1930 The Veterans Administration is established
1949 The US Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) 82-13
1974 US House Judiciary approved two Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon
July 20
WORLD Jump Day
INTERNATIONAL Chess Day
NATIONAL Space Exploration Day
NATIONAL Lollipop Day
NATIONAL Moon Day
NATIONAL Ugly Truck Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1881 Sioux chief Sitting Bull surrenders to the US Army
1917 The US draft lottery in World War I went into operation
1948 US reinstitutes the draft for the Cold War
1969 Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon
1976 The Viking spacecraft lands on Mars and begins taking soil samples
July 19
NATIONAL Raspberry Cake Day
NATIONAL Hot Dog Day
NATIONAL Daiquiri Day
NATIONAL Stick Out Your Tongue Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1799 The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt
1870 Franco-Prussian War begins
1941 Winston Churchill was the first to use the two-finger "V is for Victory" sign
1980 The Moscow Summer Olympics began, minus dozens of nations that were boycotting the games because of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan
July 18
NATIONAL Caviar Day
NATIONAL Sour Candy Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
64 Great Fire of Rome begins
1877 Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time
1925 The first volume of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was published
1936 The Spanish Civil War began
1968 Intel is founded in Mountain View, California
1976 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympics and went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals
July 17
GLOBAL Hug Your Kids Day [third Monday of July]
WORLD Emoji Day
NATIONAL Peach Ice Cream Day
NATIONAL Yellow Pig Day
NATIONAL Tattoo Day
NATIONAL Get Out of the Doghouse Day [third Monday of July]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1453 France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years’ War
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France
1821 Spain ceded Florida to the United States
1917 The British royal family changed its name from the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor amid anti-German sentiment during World War I
1955 Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California
1960 American pilot Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court
July 16
WORLD Snake Day
NATIONAL Guinea Pig Appreciation Day
NATIONAL Fresh Spinach Day
NATIONAL Ice Cream Day [third Sunday of July]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1769 Father Juñipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, founds the first Catholic mission in California on the site of present-day San Diego
1790 The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government
1875 The new French constitution is finalized
1935 The first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City
1945 The United States detonates the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo [Los Alamos], New Mexico
1951 JD Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye was published
1969 At 9:32 a.m. EDT, Apollo 11, the first US lunar landing mission, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a historic journey to the surface of the moon
1979 Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq
1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren, died in a plane crash near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
July 15
NATIONAL Tapioca Pudding Day
NATIONAL Gummi Worm Day
NATIONAL Pet Fire Safety Day
NATIONAL I Love Horses Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1869 Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries
1870 Georgia became the last of the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union
1901 Over 74,000 Pittsburgh steel workers go on strike
1960 John F. Kennedy accepts the Democratic nomination for president
July 14
Bastille Day
NATIONAL Pandemonium Day
NATIONAL Nude Day
NATIONAL Shark Awareness Day
NATIONAL Mac & Cheese Day
NATIONAL Tape Measure Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1789 The Bastille, a fortress in Paris used to hold political prisoners, is stormed by the citizens of Paris, beginning the French Revolution
1798 Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the US government
1880 The French Republic establishes July 14th as a national holiday
1946 Dr. Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care was published
1965 The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet
1972 The State Department criticized actress Jane Fonda for making antiwar radio broadcasts in Hanoi, calling them “distressing”
2000 In Waco, Texas, a federal jury decided that federal agents were not responsible for the deaths of 80 Branch Davidians in 1993
July 13
INTERNATIONAL Rock Day
NATIONAL Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
NATIONAL Embrace Your Geekness Day
NATIONAL Fool's Paradise Day
NATIONAL French Fries Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1585 A group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, reaches Roanoke Island, North Carolina
1787 Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union, and limiting the expansion of slavery
1798 English poet William Wordsworth visits the ruins of Tintern Abbey
1832 Henry Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota
1863 Opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting in New York City
1866 The Great Eastern begins a two week voyage to complete a 12-year effort to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic between Britain and the United States
1977 A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, causing widespread rioting and looting
July 12
NATIONAL Different Colored Eyes Day
NATIONAL Pecan Pie Day
NATIONAL Simplicity Day
NATIONAL Etch-a-Sketch Day
NATIONAL Paper Bag Day
NATIONAL Eat Your Jello Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1630 New Amsterdam’s governor bought Gull Island from Native Americans for cargo and renamed it Oyster Island. It later became Ellis Island.
1862 Congress authorized the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the US government
1957 The US surgeon general, Leroy E. Burney, reports that there is a direct link between smoking and lung cancer
1960 The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale
1974 G. Gordon Liddy, John Ehrlichman, and two others are convicted of conspiracy and perjury in connection with the Watergate scandal
1984 Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale chooses Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket
July 11
WORLD Population Day
NATIONAL Cheer Up the Lonely Day
NATIONAL Cow Appreciation Day
NATIONAL Blueberry Muffin Day
NATIONAL 7-Eleven Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1804 A duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton leaves Hamilton dead
1914 Babe Ruth made his major league baseball debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
1955 USAF Academy opens with 300 cadets at Lowry AFB, Colorado
1977 Martin Luther King, Jr., is posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom
1995 Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam
July 10
INTERNATIONAL Town Criers Day
NATIONAL Teddy Bear Picnic Day
NATIONAL Don't Step on a Bee Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1679 The British crown claims New Hampshire as a royal colony
1776 The statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City
1778 In support of the American Revolution, Louis XVI declares war on England
1821 US takes possession of Florida from Spain
1850 Millard Fillmore is sworn in as the 13th president of the United States following the death of Zachary Taylor
1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th state
1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open-heart surgery, without the benefit of penicillin or blood transfusion
1925 The trial of Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes opens, with Clarence Darrow appearing for the defense and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution
1940 Germany begins the bombing of England
1951 Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong
1962 The satellite Telstar is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, beaming live television from Europe to the United States
1965 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” becomes the Rolling Stones’ first No. 1 single in the USA
1967 Singer Bobbie Gentry records “Ode to Billie Joe,” which will become a country music classic and win 4 Grammys
1973 The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain
1976 In Seveso, near Milan, Italy, an explosion in a chemical factory covers the surrounding area with toxic dioxin
1985 Coca-Cola Company announces it will resume selling “old formula Coke,” renamed “Coca Cola Classic,” following a public outcry and falling sales of “New Coke”
1991 Boris Yeltsin is sworn in as the first elected president of the Russian Federation, following the breakup of the USSR
July 9
NATIONAL Sugar Cookie Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1776 New York was the 13th colony to ratify the Declaration of Independence
1872 The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Maine
1900 The Commonwealth of Australia is established by an act of British Parliament, uniting the six separate colonies under a federal government of Australia beginning January 1, 1901
1942 Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the attic above her father’s office in an Amsterdam warehouse
2002 Baseball's All-Star Game ended in a tie after 11 innings. Both sides had run out of pitchers.
2011 After more than 50 years of struggle, South Sudan declares independence and becomes Africa's 54th state
July 8
NATIONAL Blueberry Day
NATIONAL Video Games Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1663 The British crown grants Rhode Island a charter guaranteeing freedom of worship
1776 The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was given in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1777 Vermont became the first colony to abolish slavery
1835 The US Liberty Bell in Philadelphia cracked while being tolled for Chief Justice John Marshall. It was never rung again.
1865 C.E. Barnes receives a US patent for a machine gun
1879 The first ship to use electric lights departs from San Francisco, California
1889 The Wall Street Journal began publication
1932 The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22
1963 US banned all monetary transactions with Cuba
1987 Lt. Col. Oliver North became a daytime TV star as the Iran-Contra hearings were televised throughout the US
July 7
GLOBAL Forgiveness Day
NATIONAL Chocolate Day
NATIONAL Strawberry Sundae Day
NATIONAL Tell the Truth Day
NATIONAL Macaroni Day
NATIONAL Father/Daughter Take a Walk Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1797 William Blount of Tennessee became the first US senator to be impeached
1853 Japan opens its ports to trade with the West after 250 years of isolation
1898 The United States annexed Hawaii
1954 An Elvis Presley recording was played on the radio for the first time
1981 Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court
July 6
INTERNATIONAL Kissing Day
NATIONAL Fried Chicken Day
NATIONAL Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1835 John Marshall, the third chief justice of the Supreme Court, dies at the age of 79. Two days later, while tolling in his honor in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell cracks.
1854 The Republican Party is officially organized in Jackson, Michigan
1885 Louis Pasteur gives the first successful anti-rabies inoculation
1923 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed
1944 Lieutenant Jackie Robinson of the US Army, while riding a civilian bus from Camp Hood, Texas, refused to give up his seat to a white man. He was court martialed for refusing the order of a civilian bus driver to move to the back of the bus. He was acquitted.
1976 Women are admitted to the US Naval Academy for the first time, with 81 female midshipmen admitted
July 5
NATIONAL Bikini Day
NATIONAL Work-a-holics Day
NATIONAL Apple Turnover Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1865 William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England
1946 The bikini swimsuit made its debut at a Paris fashion show
1954 Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right," his first commercial record
1996 Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born
2000 Coast Guard HH-65A CGNR 6539 rescued 51 persons from a burning oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico
July 4
US INDEPENDENCE DAY!!
NATIONAL Country Music Day
NATIONAL Sidewalk Egg-Frying Day
NATIONAL Barbecued Spareribs Day
NATIONAL Caesar Salad Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1636 City of Providence, Rhode Island, was formed
1776 The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, is approved and signed by John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, and Charles Thomson, Congress secretary. The state of New York abstains from signing.
1802 US Military Academy opens at West Point with 10 cadets
1817 Construction begins on the Erie Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River
1818 Congress rules that the flag shall have 13 stripes, and one star for each state
1848 The Communist Manifesto is published
1862 Lewis Carroll first tells the story of Alice’s adventures down the rabbit hole during a picnic along the Thames
1895 The poem America the Beautiful is first published
1937 A government program was begun to provide American flags, certified to have flown over the capital, to the public
1960 The 50-star flag makes its debut in Philadelphia
1976 An Israeli raid at Entebbe airport in Uganda rescues 105 hostages
1976 The nation held a 200th anniversary party across the land in celebration of America’s 200 years of independence
July 3
INTERNATIONAL Plastic Bag Free Day
NATIONAL Compliment Your Mirror Day
NATIONAL Disobedience Day
NATIONAL Stay Out of the Sun Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1608 Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec
1775 George Washington takes command of the Continental Army
1863 The Battle of Gettysburg ended
1890 Idaho is admitted to the union as the 43rd state
1901 The Wild Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy, commits its last American robbery near Wagner, Montana, taking $65,000 from a Great Northern train
1903 The first cable across the Pacific Ocean is spliced between Honolulu, Midway, Guam and Manila
1930 Congress created the US Veterans Administration
1954 World War II food rationing ends in Great Britain, almost nine years after the war ended
1962 Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
July 2
WORLD UFO Day
NATIONAL Build a Scarecrow Day [first Sunday in July]
NATIONAL I Forgot Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1776 The Continental Congress resolves with the Declaration of Independence that the American colonies “are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States”
1881 Only four months into his administration, President James A. Garfield is shot as he walks through a railroad waiting room in Washington, DC
1980 Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act
1937 American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world
1947 An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The Army Air Force later insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts gave rise to speculation it might have been an alien spacecraft.
1964 President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law
1976 North and South Vietnam are officially reunified
1976 In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual
1980 President Jimmy Carter reinstates draft registration for males 18 years of age
1997 A federal judge in New York ruled that the military policy, “don’t ask, don’t tell,” is unconstitutional and only serves to cater to the biases of many heterosexuals
1998 Apologizing to viewers and Vietnam veterans for “serious faults” in its reporting, Cable News Network retracted a story alleging US commandos had used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the war
July 1
Canada Day
INTERNATIONAL Joke Day
INTERNATIONAL Reggae Day
NATIONAL Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
NATIONAL Postal Worker Day
NATIONAL Zip Code Day
NATIONAL Hop a Park Day [first Saturday in July]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1656 The first Quakers, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin, arrived in Boston and were promptly arrested
1838 Charles Darwin presents a paper on his theory of evolution to the Linnean Society in London
1862 US taxes incomes of $600 or more to help finance the Civil War
1863 The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began
1867 Canada, by the terms of the British North America Act, becomes an independent dominion
1941 Commercial black and white television broadcasting began in the US
1943 “Pay-as-you-go” income tax withholding began
1963 The US postmaster introduces the ZIP code
1968 The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
1969 Prince Charles is invested as the Prince of Wales
