-------Today in History ------- Today is Thursday, July 31, the 212th day of 2014. There are 153 days left in the year. Todays Highlight in History: On July 31, 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 reached the moon, transmitting pictures back to Earth before impacting the lunar surface. On this date: In 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army. In 1875, the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, died in Carter County, Tennessee, at age 66. In 1919, Germanys Weimar (VY-mahr) Constitution was adopted by the republics National Assembly. In 1930, the radio character The Shadow made his debut as narrator of the Detective Story Hour on CBS Radio. In 1933, the radio series Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, made its debut on CBS radio station WBBM in Chicago. In 1942, Oxfam International had its beginnings as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief was founded in England. In 1954, Pakistans K2 was conquered as two members of an Italian expedition, Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli, reached the summit. In 1964, country singer-songwriter Jim Reeves, 40, and his manager, Dean Manuel, were killed when their private plane crashed in bad weather near Nashville. In 1972, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket with George McGovern following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment. In 1973, Delta Air Lines Flight 723, a DC-9, crashed while trying to land at Bostons Logan International Airport, killing all 89 people on board. In 1989, a pro-Iranian group in Lebanon released a grisly videotape showing the body of American hostage William R. Higgins, a Marine lieutenant-colonel, dangling from a rope. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:45:57 +0000
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