Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
Canada Day (1867)
First U.S. Zoo Opened (1874)
ZIP Codes Introduced (1963)
Pres. James Garfield Shot (1881)
Amelia Earhart Disappeared (1937)
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (1964)
Compliment Your Mirror Day
Stay Out of the Sun Day
Idaho Admission Day (1890)
U.S. Veterans Administration Created (1930)
Independence Day (1776)
Thoreau Moved to Walden Pond (1845)
Statue of Liberty Presented (1884)
P. T. Barnum's Birthday (1810)
Larry Doby Signed with Cleveland Indians (1946)
First Cloned Sheep (Dolly) Born (1996)
Republican Party Formed (1854)
Pres. George W. Bush's Birthday (1946)
Pinocchio First Printed (1883)
Hawaii Annexed by U.S. (1898)
Terrorist Bombing in London Killed 52 (2005)
First Public Reading of Declaration of Independence (1776)
Vermont Abolished Slavery (1777)
Sugar Cookie Day
Don't Step on a Bee Day
Wyoming Admission Day (1890)
World Population Day
Pres. John Quincy Adams's Birthday (1767)
Babe Ruth Debuted in Major League Baseball (1914)
Author Patricia Polacco's Birthday (1944)
Etch-a-Sketch Introduced (1960)
First Female Vice-Presidential Candidate Announced (1984)
First World Cup Soccer Tournament (1930)
25-hour Blackout in New York City (1977)
Bastille Day in France (1789)
Nazis Became Sole Political Party in Germany (1933)
$100 Bill Became Largest U.S. Currency (1969)
National Ice Cream Day
Howard Hughes Set New Speed Record (1938)
First International Manned Spaceflight (1975)
District of Columbia Established (1790)
Last Russian Czar Executed (1918)
First Parking Meters (1935)
Potsdam Conference (1945)
Disneyland Opened (1955)
Mein Kampf Published (1925)
Gymnast Nadia Comaneci Scored First Perfect 10 (1976)
First Women's Rights Convention Held (1848)
First East to West Rowing of the Atlantic (1969)
Ramadan Begins
First Special Olympics (1968)
First Moon Landing (1969)
Ernest Hemingway's Birthday (1899)
Scopes Found Guilty in "Monkey Trial" (1925)
Janet Reno's Birthday (1938)
Parents' Day
Pied Piper Arrived in Hamelin (1264)
Pneumatic Tires Invented (1888)
Hale-Bopp Comet Discovered (1995)
Lance Armstrong Won Seventh Tour de France (2005)
Puerto Rico Became U.S. Commonwealth (1952)
First Test-Tube Baby Born (1978)
New York Admission Day (1788)
Liberia Became Africa's First Republic (1847)
FBI Created (1908)
Summer Olympics Begin
Korean War Veterans' Armistice Day
Bugs Bunny Debuted (1940)
Bombing at Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996)
Author Beatrix Potter's Birthday (1866)
14th Amendment Ratified (1868)
Sharon Creech's Birthday (1945)
NASA Established (1958)
Prince Charles Married Lady Diana Spencer (1981)
Emily Brontë's Birthday (1818)
Henry Ford's Birthday (1863)
In God We Trust Made U.S. Motto (1956)
Columbus Arrived in Trinidad (1498)
Author J.K. Rowling's Birthday (1965)
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