Historical Events
Film & TV History
Jul 3 Pioneering French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin opens his magic theatre in Paris
Thoreau On Walden Pond
Jul 4 American philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
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Charles Grey (1764-1845)
Jul 17 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1830-34), dies at 81