
July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ==Events== *1456 - Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy (but she had already been executed). *1534 - European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick. *1798 - Quasi-War: The Congress of the United States rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.' *1799 - Ranjit Singh's men had taken their positions outside Lahore. *1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Peace of Tilsit between France, Kingdom of Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition. *1846 - Mexican War: Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey, California and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California. *1865 - Civil War: 4 conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln are hanged; Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt. *1898 - History of United States imperialism: President of the United States William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. *1917 - Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Russian Provisional Government, 1917 in Russia after the deposing of the tsar. *1930 - Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). *1937 - Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade Beijing, China. *1941 - World War II: United States forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by the Nazis. *1947 - Downed Unidentified flying object believed to be found in the Roswell UFO incident. *1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first United States saint to be canonized. *1954 - In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record. *1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law. *1959 - 14:28 UT Venus (planet) occulted the star Regulus. The rare event which will next occur on October 1, 2044 was used for determining the Venus diametre and the structure of Venus' atmospherer. *1969 - French language is made equal to English language throughout the Canada national government. *1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom. *1983 - Cold War: Samantha Smith, a United States schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier of the Soviet Union Yuri Andropov *1991 - Yugoslav Wars: Brioni Agreement ended ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. *1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen, completing the reunification of Yemen. *2004 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires. ==Births== *1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834) *1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, writer (d. 1920) *1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911) *1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist and narrator (d. 1958) *1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d. 1985) *1893 - Miroslav Krleza, Croatian writer (d. 1981) *1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983) *1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974) * 1901 - Gustav Knuth, actor (d. 1978) * 1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973) *1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d.1970) * 1906 - Leroy Satchel Paige, baseball player (d. 1982) *1907 - Robert Heinlein, American science fiction writer (d. 1988) *1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer *1915 - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d. 1985) *1919 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996) *1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer *1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician *1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner *1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China *1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles) *1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist *1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress *1945 - Michael Ancram, British politician *1947 - Howard Rheingold American author *1949 - Shelley Duvall, American actress *1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer (murdered) (d. 1987) *1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist *1967 - Jackie Neal, American blues singer *1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player *1974 - Karlis Skrastins, Latvian-born hockey player *1975 - Michael Voss, Australian Rules footballer *1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater * 1980 - Deidre Downs, Miss America ==Deaths== *1129 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1053) *1304 - Pope Benedict XI, (possibly poisoned) (b. 1240) *1307 - King Edward I of England (b. 1239) *1537 - Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520) *1572 - Sigismund II of Poland, king of Poland (b. 1520) *1816 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751) *1880 - Lydia Child, American novelist and abolitionist (b. 1802) *1893 - Guy De Maupassant *1901 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827) *1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859) *1949 - Bunk Johnson, American jazz musician (b. 1879 or 1889) *1956 - Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886) *1964 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (b. 1904) *1965 - Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894) *1967 - Vivien Leigh, American actress (b. 1913) *1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925) * 1971 - Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b1901) *1972 - Talal of Jordan, King of Jordan (b. 1909) * 1972 - Patriarch Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1886) *1973 - Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919) * 1973 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895) *1980 - Dore Schary, American film producer, writer (b. 1905) *1990 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920) *2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) *2003 - Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924) ==Holidays and observances== *Bhutan - Guru Rinpoche *China - The Night of Sevens *Japan - Tanabata *Roman Empire - Nonae Caprotinae festival in honor of Hera *Solomon Islands - Independence Day (1978) *Spain - San Fermín festival or ''running of the bulls'', in Pamplona, Navarre. *Tanzania - Saba Saba Day (or Peasants' Day, founding of the TANU party, 1954) *Yemen - Unity Factory Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/7 BBC: On This Day] ---- July 6 - July 8 - June 7 - August 7 -- historical anniversaries nds:7 Juli
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July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ==Events== *1456 - Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy (but she had already been executed). *1534 - European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick. *1798 - Quasi-War: The Congress of the United States rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.' *1799 - Ranjit Singh's men had taken their positions outside Lahore. *1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Peace of Tilsit between France, Kingdom of Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition. *1846 - Mexican War: Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey, California and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California. *1865 - Civil War: 4 conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln are hanged; Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt. *1898 - History of United States imperialism: President of the United States William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. *1917 - Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Russian Provisional Government, 1917 in Russia after the deposing of the tsar. *1930 - Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). *1937 - Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade Beijing, China. *1941 - World War II: United States forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by the Nazis. *1947 - Downed Unidentified flying object believed to be found in the Roswell UFO incident. *1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first United States saint to be canonized. *1954 - In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record. *1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law. *1959 - 14:28 UT Venus (planet) occulted the star Regulus. The rare event which will next occur on October 1, 2044 was used for determining the Venus diametre and the structure of Venus' atmospherer. *1969 - French language is made equal to English language throughout the Canada national government. *1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom. *1983 - Cold War: Samantha Smith, a United States schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier of the Soviet Union Yuri Andropov *1991 - Yugoslav Wars: Brioni Agreement ended ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. *1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen, completing the reunification of Yemen. *2004 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires. ==Births== *1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834) *1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, writer (d. 1920) *1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911) *1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist and narrator (d. 1958) *1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d. 1985) *1893 - Miroslav Krleza, Croatian writer (d. 1981) *1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983) *1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974) * 1901 - Gustav Knuth, actor (d. 1978) * 1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973) *1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d.1970) * 1906 - Leroy Satchel Paige, baseball player (d. 1982) *1907 - Robert Heinlein, American science fiction writer (d. 1988) *1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer *1915 - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d. 1985) *1919 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996) *1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer *1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician *1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner *1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China *1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles) *1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist *1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress *1945 - Michael Ancram, British politician *1947 - Howard Rheingold American author *1949 - Shelley Duvall, American actress *1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer (murdered) (d. 1987) *1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist *1967 - Jackie Neal, American blues singer *1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player *1974 - Karlis Skrastins, Latvian-born hockey player *1975 - Michael Voss, Australian Rules footballer *1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater * 1980 - Deidre Downs, Miss America ==Deaths== *1129 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1053) *1304 - Pope Benedict XI, (possibly poisoned) (b. 1240) *1307 - King Edward I of England (b. 1239) *1537 - Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520) *1572 - Sigismund II of Poland, king of Poland (b. 1520) *1816 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751) *1880 - Lydia Child, American novelist and abolitionist (b. 1802) *1893 - Guy De Maupassant *1901 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827) *1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859) *1949 - Bunk Johnson, American jazz musician (b. 1879 or 1889) *1956 - Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886) *1964 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (b. 1904) *1965 - Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894) *1967 - Vivien Leigh, American actress (b. 1913) *1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925) * 1971 - Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b1901) *1972 - Talal of Jordan, King of Jordan (b. 1909) * 1972 - Patriarch Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1886) *1973 - Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919) * 1973 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895) *1980 - Dore Schary, American film producer, writer (b. 1905) *1990 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920) *2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) *2003 - Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924) ==Holidays and observances== *Bhutan - Guru Rinpoche *China - The Night of Sevens *Japan - Tanabata *Roman Empire - Nonae Caprotinae festival in honor of Hera *Solomon Islands - Independence Day (1978) *Spain - San Fermín festival or ''running of the bulls'', in Pamplona, Navarre. *Tanzania - Saba Saba Day (or Peasants' Day, founding of the TANU party, 1954) *Yemen - Unity Factory Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/7 BBC: On This Day] ---- July 6 - July 8 - June 7 - August 7 -- historical anniversaries nds:7 Juli
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