Monthly Archives: July 2014

On this day in 1971 – The Apollo 15 astronauts drove a car on the Moon.

On this day in 1975 – Former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit. Although presumed dead, his remains have never been found.

On this day in 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel between the UK and France.

On this day in 1896 – The city of Miami, Florida, was incorporated.

On this day in 1940 – Bugs Bunny made his debut in the animated cartoon “A Wild Hare.”

On this day in 1990 – U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act.

On this day in 1952 – Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.

On this day in 2005 – Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France.

On this day in 2000 – American Tiger Woods, at age 24, became the youngest golfer to win the career Grand Slam with a record-breaking performance in the British Open.

On this day in 1934 – Notorious criminal John Dillinger, America’s “Public Enemy No. 1,” was shot and killed outside a Chicago theater by federal agents.