July 1
151st Anniversary of the opening of the Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the U.S. (1874)
July 3
251st Anniversary – George Washington assumed command of the 17,000-man Continetal 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 and appointed Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general (1775)
July 26
76th Anniversary or 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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