
From the past - July 1
Published Tuesday July 1st, 2008


1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason
1859 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
1867 Dominion of Canada formed (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec)
1873 Prince Edward Island becomes seventh Canadian province
1881 First international telephone conversation, Calais, Me. to St Stephen
1899 Three traveling businessmen establish the Gideon Society to place bibles in hotels
1934 First x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY
1961 HRH Diana Spencer (Princess Di) ex-wife of Prince Charles, is born
1963 Beatles record She Loves You & I'll Get You
1979 Stampede Pass, Washington, is covered with six inches of snow
1990 German Democratic Republic accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency
1991 Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie), dies at 54 from cancer




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