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This Day in History, July 23
On July 23rd, 1962, Telstar relayed the first live trans-Atlantic signal.

This Day in History, July 22
On July 22nd, 1587, the Colony of Roanoke was re-established.

This Day in History, July 21
On July 21st, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to walk on the moon.

This Day in History, July 20
On July 20th, 1948, President Truman issued the first peacetime military draft in the United States.

This Day in History, July 19
On July 19th, 1870, France declared war on Prussia.

This Day in History, July 18
On July 18th, 1938, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrived in Ireland after departing from New York -- he was attempting to fly to California.

This Day in History, July 17
On July 17th, 1816, the Klondike gold rush began.

This Day in History, July 16
On July 16th, 1769, Father Junipero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcala in California.

This Day in History, July 15
On July 15th, 1799, the Rosetta Stone was discovered by Pierre-Francois Bouchard.

This Day in History, July 14
On July 14th, 1902, the Campanile in Venice collapsed.

This Day in History, July 13
On July 13th, 1772, the HMS Resolution set sail from Plymouth, England.

This Day in History, July 12
On July 12th, 1534, King Henry the VIII married his final wife, Catherine Parr.

This Day in History, July 11
On July 11th, 1859, "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was published.

This Day in History, July 10
On July 10th, 1778, Louis XVI declared war on Great Britain.

This Day in History, July 9
On July 9th, 1968, the Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank was opened.

This Day in History, July 8
On July 8th, 1776, the Liberty Bell was rung to gather people to the reading of the Declaration of Independence.

This Day in History, July 7
On July 7th, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam was begun.

This Day in History, July 6
On July 6th, 1785, the dollar was unanimously chosen as the official currency of the United States.

This Day in History, July 5
On July 5th, 1937, SPAM was first put on the market.

This Day in History, July 4
On July 4th, 1817, construction began on the Erie Canal.