1945 Jim Davis Garfield Creator Born

1945 Jim Davis Garfield Creator Born

Jim Davis was born on July 28, 1945, in Marion, Indiana. He is an American cartoonist and creator of the two famous comic strips, U.S. Acres and Garfield. Davis grew up with his mother Catherine Anna Davis, father William James Davis and brother Dave on a farm in...
2000 Tiger Woods wins all 4 major titles

2000 Tiger Woods wins all 4 major titles

In what solidified Tiger Woods meteoric rise to golf greats, July 23rd, 2000, was the day Woods beat Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els to win his first Open title; at 24, Woods is the youngest player ever to win all 4 major titles.  Considered a phenom resulting from...
1969 Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon

1969 Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon

“That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind,” said Commander Neil Armstrong as he took his first steps on the Moon. A staggering 650 million people worldwide heard Armstrong’s words through their televisions as they watched him...

1969 Apollo 11 lunar module lands on the Moon

History was made on October 4, 1957, history when the Soviet Union sent the first man-made aircraft into earth’s orbit with Sputnik I, a shock to the United States government and scientific community. National security implications were huge; an adversary who...
1848 1st US women’s rights convention held in NY

1848 1st US women’s rights convention held in NY

The Seneca Falls Convention was the USA’s first woman’s rights convention. It took place on July 19, 1848, at the Wesleyan Chapel in New York’s Seneca Falls. It was in this meeting where the participants launched the women’s suffrage movement...