July 31. The Shadow appears as radio mystery, pulp fiction of the air in 1930.
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July 31, 1930. The Shadow appears as radio mystery, pulp fiction of the air. Lurid magazine, entitled True Detective, features a shadowy cover on the February, 1949 issue.
July 29. First Olympic Games played since Germany in 1948.
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July 29, 1948. First Olympic Games played since Germany in 1936. In the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owen humiliated Adolf Hitler, who brought a temporary halt to the Games.
July 28. 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified in 1868.
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July 28, 1868. Fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified to guarantee legal and voting rights to all citizens. Cartoon from the magazine Punchinello with a black baseball theme…
July 26. General George McClellan takes command of Union Army in 1861.
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July 26, 1861. General George McClellan takes command of Union Army. Cigar box label from Havana, Cuba featuring a full figure portrait of Gen. McClellan and his horse, c.1862.
July 24. Brigham Young leads Mormons into Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
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July 24, 1847. Brigham Young leads Mormons into Salt Lake Valley. Collage of Brigham Young and some of his innumerable wives, on an anti-Mormon postcard from circa 1910.
July 22. John Dillinger shot by FBI agents in Chicago in 1934.
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July 22, 1934. ‘Public Enemy Number One’John Dillinger is shot by FBI agents in Chicago. John Dillinger’s body is on display in Chicago for the morbid and curious of the…
July 20. Confederation of Canada welcomes British Columbia into the fold in 1871.
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July 20,1871. Confederation of Canada welcomes British Columbia into the fold. Western Canada, including British Columbia, is promoted in this government magazine called ‘Canada West – The New Homeland.’
July 16. Haile Selassie of Ethopia signs first constitution into law in 1931.
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July 16, 1931. Haile Selassie of Ethopia signs first constitution into law. New photo shows New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel welcoming Haile Selassie to the United States on a visit…
July 15. During Reconstruction Georgia is last Confederate State to be readmitted to the U.S. Union in 1870.
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July 15, 1870. During Reconstruction Georgia is last Confederate State to be readmitted to the U.S. Union. Sheet music illustrating the divergent forms of Reconstuction in post-Civil War America, from 1868.
July 11. Babe Ruth plays his First Game in the Major Leagues in 1914.
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July 11, 1914. Babe Ruth plays his first game in the Major Leagues for the Boston Red Sox. Ruth is shown in his Providence uniform shortly before being brought into…
July 9. Queen Victoria creates nation of Australia, 1900.
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July 9, 1900. Queen Victoria unites colonies to form nation of Australia. Lithographic print of a young Queen Victoria, c.1850.
July 8. Chippewa Band transfers vast land to U.K., 1822.
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July 8, 1822. Chippewa Native Band transfers land in what is now Ontario to United Kingdom. Carte-de-Visite of Naw-Gab-Nab, orator and second chief of the Wisconsin Chippewa, taken by photographer…
July 6. First All-Star Game for Major League Baseball, 1933.
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July 6, 1933. First All-Star Game for Major League Baseball, 1933. The news photo shows Babe Ruth crossing home plate after hitting a home run in the third inning.
July 5. FDR signs Labor bill into Law.
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July 5, 1935. President and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt appear in a patriotic poster, shortly after enacting the National Labor Relations Act, regulating workers rights.
July 4. Lou Gehrig gives ‘ luckiest man ‘ speech, 1939
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July 4, 1939. In Yankee Stadium, after diagnosis with a crippling disease, Lou Gehrig bids farewell to the fans of New York.
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