On this day in history..

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Jul 28, 1865, The American Dental Association proposed its first code of ethics.

 

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Jul 29, 1754, The first international boxing match was held. The 25-minute match was won when Jack Slack of Britain knocked out Jean Petit from France.

 

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Jul 30, 1937, The American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA) was organized as a part of the American Federation of Labor.

 

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Jul 31, 1498, Christopher Columbus, on his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, arrived at the island of Trinidad.

 

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Aug 03, 1492, Christopher Columbus left Spain with three ships. The voyage would lead him to what is now known as the Americas.

 

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Aug 04, 1735, Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. That jury said, "The truth is not libelous."

 

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Aug 05, 1864, During the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Adm. David G. Farragut, were led into Mobile Bay, Alabama.

 

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Aug 06, 1890, Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career

 

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Aug 08, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena. The remainder of his life was spent there in exile.

 

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Aug 09, 1678, American Indians sold what is now known as the Bronx to Jonas Bronck for 400 beads.

 

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Aug 11, 1934, Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received its first federal prisoners.

 

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Aug 12, 1865, Disinfectant was used for the first time during surgery by Joseph Lister

 

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Aug 13, 1846, The American Flag was raised for the first time in Los Angeles, CA.

 

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Aug 14, 1880, The Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, was completed after 632 years of rebuilding.

 

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Aug 16, 1777, During the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington took place. The victory of the American forces was an important one.

 

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Aug 18, 1774, U.S. explorer, Meriwether Lewis, was born. He was the leader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

 

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Aug 19, 1692, Five women and a clergyman were executed after being convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA.

 

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Aug 20, 1866, It was formally declared by U.S. President Andrew Johnson that the American Civil War was over. The fighting had stopped months earlier.

 

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Aug 21, 1680, The Pueblo Indians drove the Spanish out and took possession of Santa Fe, NM.