Friday, July 08, 2022

History for July 8

History for July 8 - On-This-Day.com
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  • 1755 - Britain broke off diplomatic relations with France as their disputes in the New World intensified.
  • 1865 - C.E. Barnes patented the machine gun.
  • 1881 - Edward Berner, druggist in Two Rivers, WI, poured chocolate syrup on ice cream in a dish. To this time chocolate syrup had only been used for making ice-cream sodas.
  • 1960 - The Soviet Union charged Gary Powers with espionage. He was shot down in a U-2 spy plane.
  • 1963 - All Cuban-owned assets in the United States were frozen.
  • 1969 - The U.S. Patent Office issued a patent for the game "Twister."
  • 1997 - NATO invited Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to join the alliance in 1999.

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