On this day in history.

[scifan57]

July 10, 1940; The Battle of Britain begins when 120 German fighters and bombers attack a British convoy in the English Channel. A further 70 bombers attack dockyard installations in South Wales.

 

[J. A.]

July 11, 1962: Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces Lunar Orbit Rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Apollo

And
July 11, 2012: Astronomers announce the discovery of Styx, the fifth moon of Pluto.

 

[J. A.]

July 12, 1776 – Captain James Cook begins his third voyage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_voyage_of_James_Cook

 

[J. A.]

July 14, 1789: French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

 

[scifan57]

July 15, 1903; the newly formed Ford Motor Company takes it's first order, an $850.00 2 cylinder Model A with a tonneau(back seat). It was sold to Chicago dentist Ernst Pfennig and delivered to him just over a week later, on July 23rd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1903–1904)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1903-ford-rc.jpg

 

[squib]

That must have been wild! To have the very first car in town. Did he choose the color?

 

[scifan57]

That must have been wild! To have the very first car in town. Did he choose the color?

They were only offered in red.

 

[J. A.]

July 16, 1969: Apollo 11, the first manned space mission to land on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

 

[J. A.]

July 17, 1970: Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.





Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13

 

[scifan57]

July 17, 1955; Disneyland opens on a 160acre site in Anaheim, California. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland

I thought a few of our members might be interested.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Disneyland_aerial_view_in_1956.jpg

 

[J. A.]

July 18, events:

1862: First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
1940: First successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
1942: World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using only its jet engines for the first time.
1966: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
1968: Intel is founded in Santa Clara, California.
1988: My daughter is born.
1995: On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.
1997: Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American astronomer, dies.

 

[scifan57]

July 18, 64 A.D.; the great fire of Rome starts in the vicinity of the Circus Maximus and rages out of control for 3 days, destroying much of the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome

 

[squib]

July 17, 1955; Disneyland opens on a 160acre site in Anaheim, California. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland

I thought a few of our members might be interested.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=45120"/>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fileisneyland_aerial_view_in_1956.jpg

Thanks for posting that photo! I can see where it started! Very nice!

 

[Richard Brown]

July 18, 64 A.D.; the great fire of Rome starts in the vicinity of the Circus Maximus and rages out of control for 3 days, destroying much of the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome

Perhaps the Nero coffeehouse chain should do something in remembrance?

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[J. A.]

July 18, 64 A.D.; the great fire of Rome starts in the vicinity of the Circus Maximus and rages out of control for 3 days, destroying much of the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Rome

Interesting: in the Times I could read this yesterday, but Wikipedia has listed it today: