Today is Saturday, July 2nd, the 184th day in the year 2016.
On this day:
1850 - the founder of the police force, Robert Peel, passed on
1865 - Salvation Army. Was formed by William Booth at Whitechapel, London
1937 - the US aviator,Amelia Earhart, disappeared in the over the Pacific Ocean
1950 - the American Army landed in South Korea
1973 - Betty Grable, the famous Hollywood actress, died
1976 - the water shortage crisis was dealt with by Government with emergency powers
1982 - the new SDP party elected Roy Jenkins as leader
1985 - 'Giotto', European spacecraft was launched to Halley's comet
1985 - General Synod approved ordination of women as deacons.
BIRTHDAYS TODAY:
1714 - German composer, Christoph von Gluck
1862 - English physicist, William Henry Bragg
1877 - German novelist, Herman Hesse
1938 - British politician & UN mediator, David Owen
1940 - Current Conservative Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke
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