A bit of July 5th history…
1687 - Isaac Newton’s work Principia is published, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation
1775 - Second Continental Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition to King George III
1811 - Venezuelan Declaration of Independence from Spain
1937 - Spam, the luncheon meat, is 1st introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation (pictured)
1994 - Amazon.com founded in Washington by Jeff Bezos
2003 - SARS is declared “contained” by WHO after affecting 26 countries
2017 - Volvo announces all new models by 2019 will be either hybrids or battery powered - 1st auto maker to do so
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