July 21, 2016:  Donald Trump accepts the nomination as the Republican candidate for President of the United States

July 23, 1952: Egyptian military seizes power

July 23, 2000: Tiger Woods completes Career Grand Slam

July 24, 1911: Machu Picchu discovered

July 24, 1959: Khrushchev and Nixon’s ‘Kitchen Debate’

July 25, 1978: First test tube baby born, Louise Brown

July 25, 1984: First woman walks in space, Svetlana Savitskaya

July 25, 1994: Israel and Jordan make peace after 46 years

July 26, 1856: George Bernard Shaw born

July 26, 1947: Harry S Truman signs National Security Act

July 27, 1949: First commercial jet takes flight

July 27, 1953: Armistice ends Korean War

July 27, 1974: Richard Nixon charged with obstruction of justice

July 28, 1821: Peru declares independence from Spain

July 29, 1958: President Eisenhower authorizes creation of NASA

July 29, 1981: Prince Charles weds Lady Diana

July 29, 1996: Carl Lewis wins 4th straight Olympic gold

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