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July 16, 1790
Congress declares Washington, D.C. new capital
On
this day in 1790, the young American Congress declares that a swampy,
humid, muddy and mosquito-infested site on the Potomac River between
Maryland and Virginia will be the nation’s permanent capital.
“Washington,” in the newly designated federal “District of Columbia,”
was named after the leader of the American Revolution and the country’s
first president: George Washington. It was Washington who saw the
area’s potential economic and accessibility benefits due to the
proximity of navigable rivers.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=784
July 16,
1945
Atom bomb successfully tested
On
this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an
explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in
Alamogordo, New Mexico.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=6521
July 16,
1969
Apollo 11 departs Earth
At 9:32 a.m. EDT, Apollo 11,
the first U.S. lunar landing mission, is launched from Cape Canaveral,
Florida, on a historic journey to the surface of the moon. After
traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5183