# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 66
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1304 "2018-07-26T15:00:18Z")
**July 26, 2016:** Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1305 "2018-07-26T16:02:35Z")
**July 26, 1918** – Emmy Noether’s paper, which became known as Noether’s theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1306 "2018-07-27T10:01:56Z")
**July 27, 1890:** Vincent van Gogh shoots himself, and dies two days later. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1307 "2018-07-28T05:58:44Z")
**July 28, 1948** : [The IG Farben Chemical Explosion](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.wired.com/2010/07/0728ig-farben-blast-kills/&ved=2ahUKEwiAtPDEjcHcAhVtUd8KHReWCVYQFjAKegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw3npjkf2pCmQ9jagmxopDex) in Germany kills over 200 and injures thousands. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1308 "2018-07-28T09:45:44Z")
**July 28, 2005:** The Irish Republican Army (IRA) announces an end to its 30-year armed campaign in Northern Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1309 "2018-07-28T22:40:13Z")
**July 28, 1945:** A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1310 "2018-07-28T23:59:18Z")
**July 28, 1540:** Demonstrating two of his many talents, Henry VIII has Thomas Cromwell executed and marries Catherine Howard, his fifth wife. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1311 "2018-07-29T05:00:34Z")
**July 29, 1916** : [The Great Matheson Fire](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matheson_Fire&ved=2ahUKEwitoJ3VwsPcAhWDnOAKHU9yD74QFjAAegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw1_OMEIW1xn3rT2xyVNTxxV) kills an estimated 233 in Canada. This is that country’s deadliest wildfire. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1312 "2018-07-30T04:30:01Z")
**July 30, 1865** : The Steamship [_Brother Jonathan_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Jonathan_(steamer)) strikes a rock and sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California. 225 of the 244 on board die. At the time this was the deadliest maritime disaster to occur off the Pacific coast of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1313 "2018-07-30T05:57:06Z")
**July 30, 1975:** Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1314 "2018-07-30T15:56:37Z")
**July 30, 1733:** The first Masonic Grand Lodge in America is constituted in Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1315 "2018-07-30T20:32:45Z")
**July 30, 1990:** Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent forces George Steinbrenner to resign as principal partner of the New York Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1316 "2018-07-31T04:53:03Z")
**July 31, 1940** : [The Doodlebug rail tragedy](http://mreddoodlebug.blogspot.com/) kill 43 in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1317 "2018-07-31T16:48:22Z")
**July 31, 1816:** Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, one of the most prominent Virginians to remain loyal to the United States during the Civil War, was born in Southampton County, Va. He would win the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga” during the war, and never lost a battle. > **[George Henry Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas)** > > George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater. > Thomas served in the Mexican–American War and later chose to remain with the U.S. Army for the Civil War as a Southern Unionist, despite his heritage as a Virginian (whose home state would join the Confederate States of America). He won one of the first Union victories in the war, at Mill Springs in Kentucky, an... ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1318 "2018-07-31T20:51:11Z")
**July 31, 1971:** Apollo 15 astronauts take a ride on the moon on the lunar rover. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1319 "2018-08-01T07:00:09Z")
**August 1, 2004** : [The Ycua Bolanos Supermarket fire](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ycu%25C3%25A1_Bola%25C3%25B1os_supermarket_fire&ved=2ahUKEwig3765osvcAhVQxVkKHQ8fBdgQFjAXegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw0G6T_mRMprWtFuQg9-SQnj) in Paraguay kill nearly 400, and leaves another 500 injured. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1320 "2018-08-02T04:11:14Z")
**August 2, 1999** : [The Gaisal Train Disater](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaisal_train_disaster&ved=2ahUKEwjTuKWuvs3cAhUDmVkKHSTbCcAQFjASegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2dtCeKGZfX8In56LmCVodN) occurs when two speeding trains collide head-on in a remote area of India. 285 are killed and more than 300 injured. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1321 "2018-08-02T05:35:55Z")
**August 2, 1945** : At 10:25, a PV-1 Ventura flown by Lieutenant Wilbur “Chuck” Gwinn and his copilot, Lieutenant Warren Colwell, spot sailors from the USS Indianapolis which had been sunk three and one half days before. Of a crew of 1,196, 316 or 317 sailors (reports vary) survive the ordeal. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1322 "2018-08-02T08:55:12Z")
**August 2, 1873:** The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco’s famous cable car system. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1323 "2018-08-02T16:02:03Z")
**August 2, 1776** – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. **August 2, 1932** – The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. **August 2, 1939** – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=67)