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On August 2nd, 1870, the Tower Subway, the world's first underground railway, opened in London.

On August 1st, 1831, the London Bridge opened.

On July 31st, 781, the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji took place.

On July 30th, 1733, the first Freemasons lodge was opened in what would become the United States.

On July 29th, 1836, the Arc de Triomphe in France was inaugurated.

On July 28th, 1794, Robespierre was sent to the guillotine as punishment for doing the same to thousands of others before him.

On July 27th, 1866, the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable was completed.

On July 26th, 1956, Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.

On July 25th, 1894, the first Sino-Japanese War began.

On July 24th, 1847, Brigham Young and 148 Mormon pioneers arrived in Salt Lake Valley.

On July 23rd, 1962, Telstar relayed the first live trans-Atlantic signal.

On July 22nd, 1587, the Colony of Roanoke was re-established.

On July 21st, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to walk on the moon.

On July 20th, 1948, President Truman issued the first peacetime military draft in the United States.

On July 19th, 1870, France declared war on Prussia.

On July 18th, 1938, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrived in Ireland after departing from New York -- he was attempting to fly to California.

On July 17th, 1816, the Klondike gold rush began.

On July 16th, 1769, Father Junipero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcala in California.

On July 15th, 1799, the Rosetta Stone was discovered by Pierre-Francois Bouchard.

On July 14th, 1902, the Campanile in Venice collapsed.