A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 12th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 12, 100 B.C., Julius Caesar was born by what many believe to have been the first Caesarian section. On July 12, AD 70, the army of Titus Caesar Vespasianus, a Roman general that would later become Roman Emperor, finally attacked the walls of the city of Jerusalem after a 6 month siege, succeeding in taking the city 3 days later. On July…

A Brief History On July 12, 1979, the island nation of Kiribati came into being as the Republic of Kiribati, a group of islands in the Gilbert Island chain of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean.  Prior to independence, Kiribati was a territory of the United Kingdom. Digging Deeper Consisting of a single island and 32 coral atolls, the nation is home to about 120,000 residents.  It is the main island and capital you may be familiar with, Tarawa atoll, which itself is divided into North and South Tarawa Islands.  Half the population of Kiribati lives on Tarawa. World War II…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 11th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 11, 1893, after five years of work and nearly broke, Mikimoto Kokichi finally produced cultured pearls, starting a new industry and providing high quality pearls to the masses. On July 11, 1893, Mikimoto Kokochi of Japan invented a way to make cultured pearls, making pearl jewelry available to millions of women. On July 11, 1914, the major league career of…

A Brief History On July 11, 1979, America’s first space station, Skylab, reentered Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean and Australia. Digging Deeper Launched in 1973, to great public excitement, Skylab is the only space station to be operated only by the US.  Children were invited by NASA to submit ideas for experiments to be conducted on Skylab, and the author of this article submitted an experiment with welding in space.  The experiment was not accepted, but a participation letter was issued. Skylab was only occupied for 171 of the over 2200 days it spent in orbit, its…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 10th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 10th, 1040, Lady Godiva is supposed to have ridden naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes. On July 10, 1040, Lady Godiva is supposed to have ridden naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes.  (NOTE: The link in the date for this entry leads to a…