July 7
is the 188th day of the year (189th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining.
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1456 - A retrial verdict acquits
Joan of Arc of
heresy 25 years after her death.
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1534 -
European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between
Europeans and natives of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, in
New Brunswick.
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1543 -
French troops invade
Luxembourg.
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1668 -
Isaac Newton received an MA from Trinity College, Cambridge.
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1777 -
American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Hubbardton*
1798 -
Quasi-War: The
U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with
France sparking the '
war.'
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1799 -
Ranjit Singh's men take up their positions outside
Lahore.
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1807 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Peace of Tilsit between
France,
Prussia and
Russia ends the
Fourth Coalition.
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1846 -
Mexican War: American troops occupy
Monterey and
Yerba Buena, thus beginning the
United States annexation of
California.
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1863 -
United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $100
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1865 -
American Civil War: Four conspirators in the assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln were hanged.
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1898 -
History of United States overseas expansion:
President William McKinley signs the
Newlands Resolution annexing
Hawaii as a territory of the
United States.
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1915 - A
Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashed near
Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
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1917 -
Russian Revolution:
Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms
Provisional Government in
Russia after the deposing of the
Tsar Nicholas II.
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1930 - Industrialist
Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as
Hoover Dam).
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1937 -
Sino-Japanese War:
Battle of Lugou Bridge -
Japanese forces invade
Beijing,
China.
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1941 -
World War II:
American forces land in
Iceland to forestall an invasion by
Germany.
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1946 - Mother
Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first
American to be canonized.
*1946 -
Howard Hughes nearly dies when his
XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a
Beverly Hills neighborhood.
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1947 - Downed
UFO believed to be found in the
Roswell UFO incident.
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1954 - In
Memphis, Tennessee,
WHBQ becomes the first
radio station to air an
Elvis Presley record.
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1958 - President
Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the
Alaska Statehood Act into
United States law.
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1959 - 14:28 UT
Venus occults the star
Regulus. This rare event was used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
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1969 - In
Canada, the
Official Languages Act is adopted making the
French language equal to the
English language throughout the Federal government.
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1978 - The
Solomon Islands become independent from the
United Kingdom.
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1983 -
Cold War:
Samantha Smith, a
U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the
Soviet Union at the invitation of
Secretary General Yuri Andropov *
1991 -
Yugoslav Wars:
Brioni Agreement ended
ten-day independence war in
Slovenia against the rest of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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1994 -
Aden is occupied by troops from
North Yemen, completing the reunification of
Yemen.
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2002 - A scandal broke out in the
United Kingdom when news reports alleged
MI6 of sheltering
Abu Qatada, the supposed European
Al Qaeda leader.
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2003 - The
United Communist Party of Armenia was formed.
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2004 - The last patent on the
LZW compression algorithm (in
Canada) expired.
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2005 - A series of
four terrorist explosions occur on
London's transport system killing 52 people, plus four
suicide bombers.
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2005 - Influenced by
Live 8, the
G8 leaders pledged to double 2004 levels of aid to
Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year
2010.
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1053 -
Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d.
1129)
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1119 -
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d.
1164)
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1586 -
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d.
1646)
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1746 -
Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d.
1826)
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1752 -
Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d.
1834)
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1766 -
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d.
1815)
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1843 -
Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1926)
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1848 -
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves,
President of Brazil (d.
1919)
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1855 -
Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d.
1920)
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1860 -
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d.
1911)
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1884 -
Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist and narrator (d.
1958)
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1887 -
Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d.
1985)
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1893 -
Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d.
1981)
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1899 -
George Cukor, American director (d.
1983)
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1901 -
Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d.
1974)
* 1901 -
Sam Katzman, American film producer (d.
1973)
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1902 -
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, baseball player (d.
2005)
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1906 -
William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d.
1970)
* 1906 -
Leroy "Satchel" Paige, baseball player (d.
1982)
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1907 -
Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d.
1988)
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1908 -
Revilo P. Oliver, American professor (d.
1994)
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1911 -
Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer
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1915 -
Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d.
1985)
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1917 -
Fidel Sánchez Hernández,
President of El Salvador (d.
2003)
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1919 -
Jon Pertwee, British actor (d.
1996)
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1922 -
Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
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1924 -
Mary Ford, American singer teamed with guitarist
Les Paul (d.
1977)
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1927 -
Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician
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1932 -
Josef Zawinul, Austrian composer and musician
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1933 -
Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner
* 1933 -
David McCullough, American historian and author
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1937 -
Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
*
1940 -
Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (
The Beatles)
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1941 -
Michael Howard, British politician
* 1941 -
Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
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1942 -
Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
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1943 -
Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
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1945 -
Michael Ancram, British politician
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1947 -
Howard Rheingold, American author
* 1947 -
Rob Townsend, English drummer (
Family)
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1949 -
Shelley Duvall, American actress
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1955 -
Len Barker,
Major League Baseball player,
pitcher of 10th ever
perfect game*
1958 -
Prince Rogers Nelson, Recording Artist
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1959 -
Ben Linder, American engineer (murdered) (d.
1987)
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1963 -
Vonda Shepard, American singer
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1965 -
Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
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1966 -
Gundula Krause, German folk violinist
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1967 -
Jackie Neal, American singer
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1968 -
Jeff VanderMeer, American writer
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1969 -
Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player
* 1969 -
Cree Summer, Canadian voice actress and singer
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1970 -
Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
* 1970 -
Erik Zabel, German cyclist
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1973 -
Jose Jimenez, baseball player
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1974 -
Karlis Skrastins, Latvian-born hockey player
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1975 -
Michael Voss, Australian footballer
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1980 -
Deidre Downs, American beauty queen
*1980 -
Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
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1981 -
Synyster Gates, American musician (
Avenged Sevenfold)
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1982 -
Mike Glita, American bassist (
Senses Fail)
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1988 -
Kaci Brown, American singer
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1304 -
Pope Benedict XI (b.
1240)
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1307 - King
Edward I of England (b.
1239)
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1537 -
Madeleine de Valois, queen of
James V of Scotland (b.
1520)
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1572 - King
Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b.
1520)
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1573 -
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b.
1507)
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1647 -
Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b.
1586)
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1663 -
Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
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1701 -
William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b.
1631)
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1713 -
Henry Compton,
Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b.
1632)
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1764 -
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b.
1683)
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1776 -
Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b.
1693)
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1790 -
François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b.
1721)
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1816 -
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b.
1751)
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1855 -
Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b.
1787)
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1880 -
Lydia Child, American novelist and abolitionist (b.
1802)
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1901 -
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b.
1827)
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1930 -
Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b.
1859)
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1932 -
Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b.
1880)
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1949 -
Bunk Johnson, American musician (b.
1879 or
1889)
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1956 -
Gottfried Benn, German poet (b.
1886)
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1964 -
Lillian Copeland, American athlete (b.
1904)
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1965 -
Moshe Sharett, 2nd
Prime Minister of Israel (b.
1894)
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1971 -
Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b.
1925)
* 1971 -
Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b
1901)
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1972 -
Athenagoras,
Patriarch of Constantinople (b.
1886)
* 1972 - King
Talal of Jordan (b.
1909)
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1973 -
Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b.
1895)
* 1973 -
Veronica Lake, American actress (b.
1919)
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1980 -
Dore Schary, American film producer and writer (b.
1905)
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1990 -
Bill Cullen, American game show host (b.
1920)
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1993 -
Mia Zapata, American singer with
The Gits (b.
1965)
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2000 -
Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b.
1969)
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2001 -
Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b.
1936)
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2003 -
Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b.
1924)
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2006 -
Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b.
1911)
*2006 -
Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster. (b.
1914)
*2006 -
Syd Barrett, British musician, former member of
Pink Floyd. (b.
1946)
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