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- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -
July 18, 1936 - The Spanish Civil War starts as a revolt by right wing Spanish military officers in Morocco which spreads to mainland Spain; July 19, 998 - Battle of Apamea took place when the Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea; July 19, 711 - Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Zayid defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic; July 20, 1951 - King Abdullah I is killed by a Palestinian during Friday prayers in Jerusalem; July 20, 1956 - France recognizes Tunisian independence; July 21, 1970 - Aswan River Dam opens in Egypt which enables human flooding of the Nile; July 21, 1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine; July 23, 636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine empire.
July 17, 1861 - US Congress authorizes paper money; July 18, 1968 - Intel is founded in Santa Clara California; July 18, 1984 - There was a McDonald’s massacre in San Ysidro, California, where 21 people are killed and 19 are injured; July 18, 1947 - President Harry Truman signs The Presidential Succession Act; July 18, 1994 - The bombing of the Argentine Jewish Community Center kills 85 and injures 300; July 19, 1993 - President Bill Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions; July 19, 1941 - The first US army school for black cadets is dedicated in Tuskegee, Alabama; July 19, 1848 - A two days women’s convention opens in Seneca falls New York; July 20, 1973 - US congress passes the war powers act; July 21, 1846 - Mormons found first English settlement in California; July 23, 1903 - Ford motor company sells its first car; July 23, 1967 - In Detroit, the Detroit riots begins and kills 42 people and injures 343.
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