Mid-Year Saturday Scenes
Many exciting things have happened on the 18th of July:
July 18 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 390 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
- 64 – Great fire of Rome: a fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control.
- 1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
- 1656 – Polish-Lithuanian forces clash with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory.
- 390 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
- 64 – Great fire of Rome: a fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control.
- 1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
- 1656 – Polish-Lithuanian forces clash with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory.
- 1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
- 1914 – The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
- 1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
- 2005 – Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, first public joint statement by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then U.S. President George W. Bush.
And on 18 July, 2009, we had a total of twentyfour scenes posted for your viewing pleasure. Check it out:
- Atlanta, GA
- La Cala de Mijas
- Middelburg, Zeeland
- Herzeliya
- Richardson, TX
- Nice
- Utah
- Los Angeles, CA
- SW Scotland
- Kansas City, MO
- Brighton
- Staffordshire
- Herzeliya
- Cairo
- Indiana
- Birmingham
- Zurich
- Vienna
- Worcester
- Zürioberland
- Hampshire
- Rheinfelden
- Israel
- Toowoomba
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