Today In History: July 06A bit of July 6th history… 1348 - Papal...
Today In History: July 06
A bit of July 6th history…
1348 - Papal Bull of Pope Clement VI issued during the Black Death stating that Jews were not to blame and urging their protection
1699 - Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston
1785 - US Congress unanimously decides the name of US currency is “dollar” and adopts decimal coinage
1923 - The Central Executive Committee accepts the Treaty of Union, signed in Moscow in Dec 1922, and the Russian Empire becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)
1928 - The 1st all talking motion picture is shown in NY (pictured)
2016 - Pokemon Go, the real world mobile game, is 1st released
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