July 7
July 7th is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining.
Events:
- 1124 - The crusaders conquer Tyre.
- 1456 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed).
- 1607 - God Save the King is first sung.
- 1801 - Haiti declares independence.
- 1802 - The Wasp, by Robert Rusticoat, is the first comic book to be published.
- 1807 - Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia.
- 1846 - The United States annex California.
- 1850 - Explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, West Australia, over land from South Australia.
- 1863 - First military draft in the United States.
- 1898 - The United States annex Hawaii.
- 1917 - Aleksandr Kerensky forms a provisional government in Russia after the deposing of the czar.
- 1930 - Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam) is started.
- 1937 - Japanese forces invade China, Battle of Lugou Bridge.
- 1941 - 5,000 Jews are killed in Kovono, Lithuania.
- 1941 - American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by the Nazis.
- 1942 - The Germans conquer Woronezh.
- 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini is the first American saint to be canonized.
- 1954 - An Elvis Presley record is played on the radio for the first time.
- 1969 - French is made equal to English throughout the Canadian national government.
- 1972 - The Dutch decide to no longer prosecute use of soft drugs.
- 1976 - Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars.
- 1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from Great Britain.
- 1986 - The government of Jordan shuts down offices of al-Fatah.
- 1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.
Births:
- 1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, writer (+ 1920)
- 1860 - Gustav Mahler, composer (+ 1911)
- 1860 - Gustav Mahler, composer (+ 1911)
- 1884 - Lion Féuchtwanger, dramatist and narrator (+ 1958)
- 1887 - Marc Chagall, painter (+ 1985)
- 1899 - George Cukor, director *+ 1983)
- 1901 - Vittorio De Sica, director
- 1901 - Gustav Knuth, actor (+ 1978)
- 1906 - Leroy Satchel Paige, baseball player (+ 1982)
- 1907 - Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer (+ 1988)
- 1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, composer
- 1915 - Yul Brynner, actor (+ 1985)
- 1922 - Pierre Cardin, fashion designer
- 1927 - Doc Severinsen (Carl H. Severinsen), composer, musician
- 1940 - Ringo Starr (born "Richard Starkey"), drummer and singer (The Beatles, also solo)
- 1948 - Luc Bondy, film and theatre director
- 1949 - Shelley Duvall, actress: Nashville, The Shining, McCabe and Mrs. Miller
- 1980 - Michelle Kwan, figure skater
Deaths:
- 1129 - Shirakawa, emperor of Japan
- 1304 - Pope Benedict XI, (possibly poisoned)
- 1307 - King Edward I of England
- 1572 - Sigismund II August, king of Poland
- 1771 - Thomas Gray, poet
- 1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, writer (Sherlock Holmes)
- 1967 - Vivian Leigh, actress (Gone with the Wind)
- 1971 - Ub Iwerks, artist, director, cartoonist (drew first Mickey Mouse cartoon)
- 1972 - Athenagoras, patriarch of Constantinople
- 1973 - Veronica Lake, actress
- 1980 - Dore Schary, film producer, writer
Holidays and Observances:
- Bhutan - Guru Rinbochy
- China - Chih Nu (Feast of the Milky way)
- Pamplona, Navarre, Spain - Running of the bulls.
- Solomon Islands - Independece Day (1978)
- Tanzania - Saba Saba Day (or Peasants' Day, founding of the TANU party, 1954)
- Yemen - Unity Factory Day
See Also:
July 6 - July 8 - June 7 - August 7 -- listing of all days
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