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To: JakeStraw who wrote (39212)	5/1/2007 9:50:56 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 49843

July 7th ....... On this day... 1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College) 1768 Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel 1838 Central American federation is dissolved 1846 US annexs California 1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land 1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100) 1865 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged 1867 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #92 Undina 1891 Travelers cheque patented 1898 Pres McKinley signs resolution of annexation of Hawaiian Is 1898 US annexes Hawaii 1904 A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly 1905 127ø F (53ø C), Parker Ariz (state record) 1908 Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay 1911 Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record 25 minutes for Wimbeldon championship 1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game 1923 Cleve Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning 1923 University of Delaware invents the "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne) 1924 E Hertzsprung discovers asteroid #1702 Kalahari 1924 Robert LeGendre of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5«" 1928 Edward Hamm of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11" 1930 Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam 1934 Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbeldon doubles championship 1936 NL beats AL for their 1st All Star victory, 4-3 (Boston Braves Field) 1937 AL beats NL 8-3 in 5th All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington) 1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II 1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion 1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint 1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy 1948 Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige 1949 "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 1954 T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania 1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in the middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroyimg 2,000 buildings 1958 Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill 1959 NL beats AL 5-4 in 26th All Star Game (Pittsbugh Forbes Field) 1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea 1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races 1964 NL beats AL 7-4 at 35th All Star Game (Shea Stadium, NY) 1965 Otis Redding records "Respect" 1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released 1968 Rock group "The Yardbirds" disband 1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang 1972 Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon 1973 1st all-US women's Wimbeldon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert 1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India) 1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels 1973 Balt Orioles pull their 4th triple play (5-4-3 vs Oakland) 1973 Glenda Reiser (Canada) sets record women's mile (4:34.9) 1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named 1974 West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich 1975 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres 1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars 1978 Martina Navratilova captures Wimbledon defeating Chris Evert 1978 Solomon Is gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel 1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court 1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel 1981 Ben Plucknett of US throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified 1981 Solar Challenger powered only by solar energy crosses English Channel 1982 David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41 1982 Steve Scott of US runs the mile in a record 3:47.69 1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR 1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston Vt 1985 Boris Becker at 17 beats Kevin Curren for Wimbeldon title 1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released 1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women 1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing 1987 Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 & 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7 1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful) 1990 Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph) 1990 Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison for rec 9th Wimbeldon title 1991 Michael Stich beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon championship