This Week In History
July 26 - In 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
July 27 - In 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
July 28 - In 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.
July 29 - In 1981, Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
July 30 - In 1975, Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from a restaurant parking lot near Detroit and was never seen or heard from again.
July 31 - In 1973, Delta flight 723 crashed while landing in fog at Logan International Airport in Boston, killing 89.
