July 1
150th Anniversary of the opening of the Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the U.S. (1874)
July 3
250th Anniversary George Washington assumed command of the 17,000-man Continental Army in Cambridge, MA (1775)
July 4
Independence Day
July 8
Liberty Bell tolls to announce Declaration of Independence (1776)
July 20
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong takes historic first steps on the moon (1969)
July 26
Congress establishes U.S. Post Office (1775) appointing Benjamin Franklin as it sirst postmaster general (1775)
July 26
75th Anniversary of U.S. President Truman signing an Executive Order ending racial segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces (1948)
July 27
National Korean War Armistice Day
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