This Week in History

July 4 

Kevin “KC” O’Brien was born.

The United States of America was born.

Neil Rowe was born.

Christine Mahoney-Schneider was born.

1826 – Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.

1831 – Former president James Monroe died.

July 5

Michael Kohler was born.

Tina Schlissel was born.

1811 – Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

1996 – Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.

July 6 

Kathy McCormack was born.

Donald Gallagher was born.

Norrin Radd was born.

1535 – Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Henry VIII and the Church of England.

1944 – A fire caused by inept fire-eaters in the main tent of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Hartford, Conn., killed over 160 people.

JULY 7

Maureen Del Vecchio was born.

Eileen McLaughlin was born.

Christine Stengel Puma was born.

Michael Herman was born.

1946 – Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint.

1981 – President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor for the Supreme Court.

JULY 8

Patty Marsibilio was born.

Thomas Thompson was born.

Laura Johnson-Rivera was born.

Anthony Girlando was born.

1950 – General Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces in Korea.

JULY 9

Tom Jodice was born.

Mary Lou Raaf was born.

Michael Burke was born.

1997 – Boxer Mike Tyson was temporarily banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear.

2002 – Baseball’s All-Star Game ended in a tie after 11 innings. Both sides had run out of pitchers.

JULY 10

Sherman Tank Von Dalton Vielandi was born.

Karen Zandalasini was born.

1973 – The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.