This Week in History

JULY 25

Jim Keenan was born.

Paul Zinskie was born.

Mary Beth Stines was born.

1952 – Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States.

1978 – The world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in Lancashire, England.

JULY 26

Anne Keenan was born.

Susan Manz was born.

Moe McNicholas was born.

1788 – New York became the 11th state in the United States.

1947 – President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

JULY 27

Ann Coughlin was born.

Tracy McElhinney was born.

Jack Ryan was born.

1974 – The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach Richard Nixon for obstructing justice in the Watergate case.

1996 – A pipe bomb exploded in an Atlanta park during the Olympic Games.

JULY 28

Eileen McCarthy was born.

Robert Ostrander was born.

Michael O’Brien was born.

Rita McMahon was born.

1794 – Robespierre, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.

2002 – Nine Pennsylvania coal miners were rescued after 77 hours of being trapped in a mine shaft.

JULY 29

Maddy Falik was born.

Kathy Pastina was born.

Lisa Marie Hanna was born.

Heidi Meier was born.

1958 – President Eisenhower signed the congressional act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1981 – Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, married Lady Diana Spencer.

JULY 30

Sharon Gabriel was born.

Mickey Blum was born.

1956 – The phrase “In God We Trust” was adopted as the U.S. national motto.

JULY 31

1954 – Mount Godwin-Austen (K2), the world’s second-highest peak, was climbed for the first time, by an Italian team led by Ardito Desio.