Today in History for July 7th ~ video presented by the Associated Press…
1928 ~ Sliced bread was sold for the 1st time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri in the United States on the 7th day of July in 1928.
1946 ~ Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashed in Beverly Hills on the 7th day of July in 1946.
1954 ~ Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.” on the 7th day of July in 1954.
1956 ~ Fritz Moravec and 2 other Austrian mountaineers made the 1st ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,035 metres) on the 7th day of July in 1956.
1985 ~ Boris Becker aged 17 became the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon on the 7th day of July in 1985.
1990 ~ The World Wide Web was born when CERN researcher Tim Berners-Lee developed HyperText Markup Language, later known as HTML on the 7th day of July in 1990.