Thursday, July 31, 2014

History for July 31

History for July 31 - On-This-Day.com:
National Chili Dog Day

Birth anniversary of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006).

Happy Birthday! Evonne Goolagong,  J.K. Rowling, Wesley Snipes


1790 - The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer. 


1792 - The cornerstone of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the first building to be used only as a U.S. government building. 


1919 - Germany's Weimar Constitution was adopted. 


1928 - MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first talking picture, "White Shadows on the South Seas." 


1948 - U.S. President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field. 


1971 - Men rode in a vehicle on the moon for the first time in a lunar rover vehicle (LRV). 


1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. 

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