Historical Events in July, Month of July Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 24, 1847 | After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. |
| July 25, 1536 | Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali. |
| July 10, 1991 | Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia. |
| July 12, 2006 | The 2006 Lebanon War begins. |
| July 19, 1940 | World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. |
| July 11, 1977 | Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
| July 17, 1203 | The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile. |
| July 4, 1943 | World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka. |
| July 6, 1791 | At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom. |
| July 16, 1536 | Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer, returns home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France. |
| July 19, 1989 | United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111. |
| July 21, 1861 | American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army. |
| July 17, 1850 | Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.[3] |
| July 26, 1529 | Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru. |
| July 10, 1789 | Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. |
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