July 13th
Today in America's Present Past
1785 | Founding Father Stephen Hopkins died.
1787 | The Northwest Ordinance is enacted by the Articles of Confederation Congress.
1832 | Geographer Henry Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi.
1835 | Inventor John Ericsson patents the screw propeller.
1854 | The US military shells and burns San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.
1861 | Civil War: Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia.
1863 | Civil Rights: Draft riots start in New York City.
1863 | Activist and educator Emma Mary Woolley was born.
1864 | Entrepreneur John Jacob Astor IV was born.
1865 | Horace Greeley, founder and editor of the "New-York Tribune," advises his readers to "Go west, young man.”
1870 | The Kirk-Holden War commences.
1890 | Explorer, soldier, and politician John C. Frémont died.
1919 | Politician and entrepreneur William F. Quinn was born.
1923 | The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally read “Hollywoodland,” but the last four letters were dropped after the 1949 renovation.
1934 | Composer Roger Reynolds was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1942 | Actor Harrison Ford was born.
1960 | Poet Joy Davidman died.
1969 | Comedian Ken Jeong was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1970 | General Leslie Groves died.
1976 | New York City blackout riot starts.
1978 | Ford Motor chairman Henry Ford II fired company president Lee Iacocca.
2010 | Entrepreneur George Steinbrenner died.
2024 | POTUS: While campaigning, former President Trump is shot in the head by a would-be assassin in Butler, Pennsylvania.
2024 | Actress Shannon Doherty died.