A Week in History: July 29th – August 4th

July 29th:

1981, Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles are married in the St. Pauls’ Cathedral in London.

 

July 30th:

1956, the 84th Congress passed a joint resolution “declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States.”

1936, Buddy Guy, the American blues musician, and guitarist, was born in Lettsworth, LA. Guy was noted for his slashing electric guitar riffs and passionate vocals.

 

 

August 3rd:

1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. The world’s first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus dived at Point Barrow, Alaska, and traveled nearly 1,000 miles under the Arctic ice cap to reach the top of the world. It then steamed on to Iceland, pioneering a new and shorter route from the Pacific to the Atlantic and Europe. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nautilus-travels-under-north-pole)

 

 

August 4th:

1944, Anne Frank was captured. Acting on tip from a Dutch informer, the Nazi Gestapo captures 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family in a sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anne-frank-captured)