CoM Moderators Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 1054 - Brightest known supernova SN 1054 (creates the Crab Nebula) 1st reported by Chinese astronomers1610 - Battle of Klushino: King Sigismund III's Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats Russia and Sweden1754 - George Washington gives Fort Necessity to France1879 - Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony1892 - Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 41901 - William Howard Taft, former Federal judge, is installed as first governor-general of the Philippines and declares amnesty for all insurgents who take an oath of allegiance1903 - Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Philippines) opens, President Theodore Roosevelt sends a message1917 - Troops of the Russian Provisional Government open fire on protesters in Petrograd during the 'July Days' of unrest1973 - Alan Ayckbourn's "Absurd Person Singular," premieres in London2019 - Largest earthquake in California in 20 years 6.4 magnitude near Ridgecrest More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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