July 30, 1942 — The WAVES were created by legislation signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The members of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services were a part of of the U.S. Navy.
July 29, 1945 — Near Leyte Gulf, the U.S. heavy cruiser “Indianapolis” was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine. Of the crew of 1,199 men, only 316 survived. Several days earlier, the Indianapolis had delivered the makings for the first atomic bomb to Tinian Island.
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Burning River Boutique Lighthouse Gallery
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“There are 1011 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.”
~ Richard Feynman
The Heart of the Milky Way through the Hubble Space Telescope
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July 20, 1969 – Men from Earth First Landed on the Moon
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The very next day after the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission’s landing on the moon, the Space Shuttle Program ends . . . . .
With no new space program or initiative in place — or even in sight — is it just me or is this more evidence of our government being on the wrong track?
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“Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.”
~Neil Armstrong
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The Northwest Ordinance Passed – July 13, 1787
On July 13, 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance. The act created a system of government for the Northwest Territory. It also specified how the various parts of the Northwest Territory could become states. Earlier legislation such as the Ordinance of 1784 and the Land Ordinance of 1785, had only said that the territory would some day become states and had described how the federal government would sell the land to private citizens.
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