7 July 1981: #Republican President Ronald Reagan announces that Sandra Day O'Connor is his pick for a seat on the U.S Supreme Court. She is confirmed by the #Senate on September 21, 1981, by a vote of 99-0, becoming the first female member of the highest court. #SupremeCourt

7 July 1946: Mother Francesca S. #Cabrini becomes the first U.S. citizen to be #canonized as a saint by the #Catholic Church. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. #history #OTD #saint #ad amzn.to/2DfXvae Help support URDaily History. Click on

7 July 1776: The #Mercury packet ship sails from Staten Island to #England with important correspondence from #British General William Howe to Lord George Germain of word of the American #colonies Declaration of Independence. #History #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/30HGJKi

7 July 1841: The U.S. House of Representatives adopts a rule to limit debate on the House Floor. Time was set at 1 hour. Concerns about long speech had been a concern since at least 1820. Notable that John Quincy Adams voted against. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/3bSzmb4

7 July 1456: After the Hundred Years' War ended and 25 years after she was burned at the stake, Joan of Arc is given a retrial by #Pope Callixtus III where she was acquitted of heresy. She had been captured during war and convicted by the English. #ad amzn.to/2Z6IaBo

7 July 1994: #Amazon.com is founded in Seattle, Washington by Jeff #Bezos under the name "Cadabra". The site went online in 1995. #history #internet #Retail #OTD #ad amzn.to/31S2Ui2 Help support URDaily History. Click on the link above before you shop at Amazon!

7 July 1985: #German tennis star Boris #Becker becomes the youngest #male to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament when he wins #Wimbledon at the age of 17 years and 227 days. That record was broken by American Michael Change in 1989, when he won the French Open at 17 years and 110

7 July 1928: Sliced #bread is sold for the first time. It is sold by the #Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. #history #yay #OTD #ad amzn.to/3usZeAF

7 July 1941: Five months before the U.S. enters World War II, #Iceland agrees to allow U.S. troops to occupy the strategic country, replacing #British and #Canadian troops. In the agreement, Iceland asked for infrastructure assistance. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/43Ji45E

7 July 1865: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt are hanged as co-conspirators in the #assassination of #President Abraham #Lincoln. #Suratt was the first #woman executed by the U.S. government. #history #ad amzn.to/38BPisC

8 July 1776: John #Nixon delivers the first public reading of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which he does from the steps of the #Pennsylvania State House. #Church bells are rung after he reads the document. #history #ad amzn.to/31SEYeq

8 July 1497: Vasco da Gama leads four ships from Lisbon, #Portugal around the Cape of Good Hope to India. It is the first voyage to link #Europe and #Asia by an ocean route. He reached Calicut, India on May 20, 1498. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/3NQDzu7

8 July 1994: Kim Jong-il becomes supreme leader/dictator of oppressive #communist North #Korea after the death of his father, dictator Kim Il-sung. #history #OTD #evil #ad amzn.to/38zMpZm Help support URDaily History. Click on the link above before you shop at Amazon!

8 July 1940: Vichy #France breaks off diplomatic relations with Great #Britain after signing an #armistice with Nazi #Germany on June 22, during World War II. France and Britain had been allies against the Germans before the armistice. #WW2 #WWII #history #OTD #ad

8 July 1940: During World War II, #Vichy France’s Marshal Petain’s #government issues orders for an attack on British-held Alexandria, Egypt. Vichy considered a joint Franco-Italian naval operation. #ad amzn.to/3XBbi1g

8 July 1889: The Wall Street Journal is #published for the first time. The paper is founded by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. #WSJ #newspaper #OTD #finance #history #ad amzn.to/2NYjhkX

8 July 1709: Sweden's Charles XII is defeated by Peter the Great, aka Peter I, of #Russia in the Battle of Poltava, effectively ending #Sweden as a major European power and establishing Russia as a major power. #OTD #history #ad amzn.to/2Z2Ez7h

8 July 2011: Former U.S. First Lady from 1974-1977 Betty #Ford dies at the age of 93 in Rancho Mirage, #California. She was the first First Lady to announce her battle with #alcoholism and substance abuse. #history #FirstLady #RIP #OTD #ad amzn.to/3iC5deZ

8 July 1951: #Paris celebrates its 2,000th birthday, though its founding is more likely around 250 B.C. The area of #Paris can be traced to a #Gallic tribe known as the Parisii, who settled an island in the Seine River in present-day Paris. #history #ad amzn.to/2AACjL7

8 July 1918: American writer and #author Ernest #Hemingway is wounded when he is hit by shrapnel from a mortar shell on the Italian front during World War I. He was an 18-year-old #ambulance driver for the American Red Cross during the war. #history #ad amzn.to/3e7UZ2t