July 7
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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.
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Events
- 1456 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed).
- 1534 - First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.
- 1798 - Quasi-War: The United States Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.'
- 1807 - Peace of Tilsit between France, Kingdom of Prussia and Russia.
- 1846 - Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California.
- 1898 - The United States annexes Hawaii.
- 1917 - Aleksandr Kerensky forms a provisional government in Russia after the deposing of the tsar.
- 1930 - Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam) is started.
- 1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade China.
- 1941 - World War II: American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by the Nazis.
- 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American 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.
- 1969 - French is made equal to English throughout the Canadian national government.
- 1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1983 - Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier Yuri Andropov
- 1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.
- 2004 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires.
Births
- 1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, writer († 1920)
- 1860 - Gustav Mahler, composer († 1911)
- 1884 - [[Lion F�uchtwanger]], dramatist and narrator († 1958)
- 1887 - Marc Chagall, painter († 1985)
- 1899 - George Cukor, director († 1983)
- 1901 - Vittorio De Sica, director († 1974)
- 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)
- 1945 - Michael Ancram (Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram), British politician
- 1948 - Luc Bondy, film and theatre director
- 1949 - Shelley Duvall, actress: Nashville, The Shining, McCabe and Mrs. Miller
- 1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer murdered in Nicaragua († 1987)
- 1980 - Michelle Kwan, figure skater
Deaths
- 1129 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan
- 1304 - Pope Benedict XI, (possibly poisoned)
- 1307 - King Edward I of England
- 1572 - Sigismund II August, king of Poland
- 1880 - Lydia Child, novelist and abolitionist (* 1802)
- 1901 - Johanna Spyri, author (Heidi)
- 1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, writer (Sherlock Holmes)
- 1967 - Vivian Leigh, actress (Gone with the Wind)
- 1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Quebec playwright, poet and polemist
- 1971 - Ub Iwerks, artist, director, cartoonist (drew first Mickey Mouse cartoon)
- 1972 - King Talal, King of Jordan
- 1972 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1973 - Veronica Lake, actress
- 1980 - Dore Schary, film producer, writer
- 1990 - Bill Cullen, game show host
Holidays and observances
- Bhutan - Guru Rinbochy
- China - Chih Nu (Feast of the Milky way)
- Japan - Tanabata
- Roman Empire - Nonae Caprotinae festival in honor of Juno
- San Ferm�n festival or running of the bulls in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
- Solomon Islands - Independence 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
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "July 7" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_7 December 27, 2003
