On This Day

29 Jul 1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. #OnThisDay

29 Jul 1959 - First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. #OnThisDay

28 Jul 1935 - First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. #OnThisDay

27 Jul 1928 - Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July. #OnThisDay

27 Jul 1778 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff. #OnThisDay

26 Jul 657 - First Fitna: the Battle of Siffin see the troops led by Ali ibn Abi Talib and those led by Muawiyah I clashing. #OnThisDay

26 Jul 1971 - Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. #OnThisDay

26 Jul 1944 - The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom. #OnThisDay

25 Jul 1978 - Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby" is born. #OnThisDay

25 Jul 1946 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team. #OnThisDay

25 Jul 1893 - The Corinth Canal in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece is used for the first time. #OnThisDay

24 Jul 1938 - First ascent of the Eiger north face. #OnThisDay

24 Jul 1911 - Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". #OnThisDay

23 Jul 1962 - Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite. #OnThisDay

23 Jul 1903 - The Ford Motor Company sells its first car. #OnThisDay

23 Jul 1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. #OnThisDay

22 Jul 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. #OnThisDay

21 Jul 1718 - The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed. #OnThisDay

21 Jul 1831 - Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians. #OnThisDay

20 Jul 1968 - The first Special Olympics is held. #OnThisDay