July 3rd 1989

The movie “Batman,” set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)

July 4th 1865

1st edition of “Alice in Wonderland” is published

July 5th 1977

Pakistan’s army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power

July 6th 1971

Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi

July 7th 1982

Steve Scott of U.S. runs mile in a record 3:47.69

July 8th 1997

Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield’s ear

July 10th 1994

Nepal premier Girija Prasad Koirala resigns

July 11th 1981

Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony

July 12th 1914

Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox

July 13th 1930

1st-ever football World Cup competition began in Uruguay

July 14th 1643

Four year old Louis XIV becomes king of France

July 15th 1996

Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers

July 16th 1439

Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading)

July 17th 1959

Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)

July 18th 1986

Videotapes released showing Titanic’s sunken remains

July 19th 1982

David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon

July 20th 1969

1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11

July 21st 1928

1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland

July 22nd 1982

Biggest mass wedding, Reverend Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City

July 23rd 1914

Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I

July 24th  1961

Beginning of a trend, a U.S. commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba

July 25th 1973

George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album

July 26th 1983

Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io

July 27th 1982

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years

July 28th 1945

Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building

July 29th 1989

Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8’0") in San Juan

July 30th 1898

Will Kieth Kellogg invents Corn Flakes

July 31st 1658

Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor