CoM Moderators Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1696 - De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance1893 - Vizcaya Bridge - largest transporter bridge in the world opens over the River Ibaizabal, designed by Basque architect Alberto de Palacio1898 - Spanish American War: U.S. Army occupies Ponce and declares victory in Puerto Rico over Spanish forces1900 - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut1917 - Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching1929 - 23rd Tour de France won by Maurice De Waele of Belgium1945 - Physicist Raemer Schreiber and Lieutenant Colonel Peer de Silva arrive on the Pacific island of Tinian with the plutonium core used to assemble the Fat Man bomb used in the bombing of Nagasaki on August 91959 - United Kingdom starts using postal codes1977 - Roy Wilkins turns over NAACP leadership to Benjamin Hooks2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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