1772 Captain James Cook begins his second voyage to the South Seas aboard the Resolution to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent)
1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft
1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia’s defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany
Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads “Hollywoodland” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949
Today in Music
1985 “Live Aid” concerts held at both Wembley Stadium (London) and John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia) raises over $70 million for African famine relief
Today in Sport
1930 1st-ever football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay
1865 Horace Greeley, founder and editor of the “New-York Tribune” reputedly advises his readers to “Go west young man”
Famous Birthdays
Wole Soyinka (Nigerian, Nobel laureate Winner) – 88th Birthday
Ernő Rubik – 78th Birthday
Patrick Stewart – 82nd Birthday
Harrison Ford – 80th Birthday
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1568 Dean of St. Paul’s London, Alexander Nowell perfects a way to bottle beer
Famous Weddings
1914 British poet and novelist D. H. Lawrence (28) weds Frieda Weekley (34) after obtaining Frieda’s divorce from her 1st husband
1925 Film producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions Walt Disney (23) weds Lillian Bounds (26) at Lewiston’s Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Lewiston, Idaho
1949 Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones (30) weds “Rebecca” film producer David O. Selznick (47) in Beverly Hills, California
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