Anonymous ID: 33b588 40 years ago 7.11.18 July 10, 2018, 11:42 p.m. No.2114295   🗄️.is 🔗kun

1804 A duel between two leading American politicians claims the life of one

United States Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton ended a life-long feud with a duel. Hamilton was fatally wounded and died the next day.

 

1767 John Quincy Adams

American politician, 6th President of the United States was born.

 

But well a day earlier:

1962 Telstar, the world's first communication satellite is launched in space

The satellite, made by a collaboration between organizations in the U.S., the U.K., and France, transmitted the first live television images in the world.