Fox Nation Patriot's Almanac

The first U.S. zoo is opened in Philadelphia.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act at a televised White House ceremony in 1864.

The Battle of Gettysburg ends with a Union victory in 1863.

Continental Congress in Philadelphia vote to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

The Secret Service was formed on July 5, 1865, and is the oldest law enforcement agency in America.

The best-known image of Uncle Sam debuts on a magazine cover during World War I in 1916.

Elvis Presley makes his radio debut on WHBQ on July 7, 1954, with the song 'That's All Right.'

Tradition says the Liberty Bell rang July 8, 1776, to summon Philadelphians for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution is officially ratified on July 9, 1868.

Abraham Lincoln campaigns for the U.S. Senate in Chicago in 1858.

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton fight a duel in 1804.

Jane Thomas spurs to warn South Carolina Patriot militia of an impending Loyalist attack in 1780.

Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance July 13, 1787.

The Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, the first World's Fair staged in the U.S., opens to the public in New York City's Bryant Park in 1853.

The Twitter social media platform debuts in 2006.

The Apollo 11 moon mission lifts off from Cape Canaveral.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman, British Prince Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin gather for 1945's final Allied Big Three conference of World War II.

About 600 black soldiers of the Union's 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry attack Fort Wagner near Charleston, S.C., in 1863.

The first U.S. women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848.

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon July 20, 1969.

NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle program ends in 2011.

In 1893, Katherine Lee Bates' visit to Colorado inspires her to write "America the Beautiful."

Former general and President Ulysses S. Grant faces financial ruin in 1884.

Puerto Rico adopts its Constitution and becomes a self-governing commonwealth in 1952.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is formed during President Theodore Roosevelt's administration.

Orville Wright flies the first military aircraft at Fort Myer, Va.

In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs legislation creating NASA.

The 18th-century Shawnee Indian captive story of pioneer Mary Draper Ingles.

Swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the most decorated Olympian of all time at the London Olympics, winning his 19th medal.