Bindi Irwin(animal activist; daughter of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin)β
Died
Martin Van Buren(8th U.S. president)β
Peter Sellers(actor)β
Isaac Bashevis Singer(writer)β
Sherman Hemsley(actor)β
Events
Mary Queen of Scots was deposedβ
Brigham Young and followers arrived at Salt Lake, Utahβ
Tennessee readmitted to Union after Civil Warβ
O. Henry released from Ohio State Penitentiaryβ
James MacGillivray published first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit Newsβ
Archaeologist Hiram Bingham βdiscoveredβ the Machu Picchu Incan ruins in Peruβ
Steamer Eastland overturned in the Chicago River, killing 844 peopleβ
Debut of Marvin the Martian in Bugs Bunny’s Haredevil Hareβ
67-pound 8-ounce muskellunge caught in Lac Courte Oreilles, Hayward, Wisconsinβ
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and ordered him to surrender the tapesβ
Hulda Crooks climbed Mt Fuji at age 91β
9-yr.-old Emma Houlston became youngest person to pilot plane across Canada (Victoria, B.C., to St. John’s, N.L.)β
Weather
Wahluke, Washington, tied a record high temperature of 118 degrees Fβ
345,000 amperes of electricity were measured in a lightning stroke in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniaβ
The record for 24-hour rainfall in the United States was set in Alvin, Texas with 43 inches of rain from hurricane Claudette; the rain ended on July 25β
Hail the size of oranges fell on Calgary, Alberta.β
EF2 tornado struck Epsom, New Hampshire, destroying homes and causing at least one deathβ