Sunday, July 31, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

July 31

1498:Columbus arrived at the island of Trinidad.


1777:The Marquis de Lafayette became a major-general in the American Continental Army.


1790:The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for a process of making fertilizer.


1954:Mount Godwin-Austen (K2), the world's second-highest peak, was climbed for the first time, by an Italian team led by Ardito Desio.

1964:The U.S. space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the Moon’s surface.


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