Notable Historical Events on July 1st
July 1st Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
69 |
Bataafs nobleman Gaius Julius Civilis proclaimed emperor of Syria |
70 |
Roman General Titus and his forces set up battering rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem |
251 |
The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed. |
649 |
Pope Martinus I elected to succeed Theodore I |
1097 |
1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea |
1200 |
In China, sunglasses are invented |
1233 |
Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice |
1252 |
King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castile/Leon crowned |
1253 |
Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwijde van Dampierre |
1347 |
Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha, daughter of Jan III |
1390 |
French & Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates |
1517 |
1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands |
1517 |
Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal |
1535 |
Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason |
1543 |
England & Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich |
1569 |
Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland |
1600 |
Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders Neth |
1656 |
1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested) |
1674 |
Spain, France & Netherlands form Triple Alliance |
1689 |
Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan |
1690 |
Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army |
1690 |
Army of Protestant King William III defeats deposed Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland |
1745 |
Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle [OS] |
1747 |
Battle at Lafeld: France beat British/Dutch army |
1776 |
1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain's North American colonies |
1782 |
American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. |
1795 |
John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of US Supreme Court |
1798 |
Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt |
1810 |
Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands |
1816 |
French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault's painting "Raft of the Medusa" |
1820 |
1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published |
1823 |
9th US Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office |
1823 |
United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico |
1831 |
Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole |
1836 |
US President Andrew Jackson announces to Congress bequest by James Smithson of 100,000 gold sovereigns to found institution in Washington. |
1839 |
Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey |
1847 |
1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin & 10 cent Washington, NYC |
1850 |
At least 626 ships lie at anchor around SF Bay |
1858 |
1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent) |
1858 |
The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society. |
1859 |
1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 |
1859 |
Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis |
1861 |
1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF |
1861 |
War Dept decrees that Kansas and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers |
1862 |
Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confederate superior power driven out |
1862 |
Congress outlaws polygamy for the 1st time |
1862 |
US Civil War: Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Union forces repel Confederate attack |
1862 |
Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books |
1862 |
Battle of Holly Spring, MS |
1862 |
US Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco & on incomes over $600 (progressive rate) |
1862 |
The Russian State Library is founded. |
1863 |
-2] Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia |
1863 |
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee's northward advance halted |
1863 |
Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3 cents per oz |
1863 |
Slavery abolished in Suriname & Dutch Antilles |
1864 |
Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS—- |
1867 |
The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister |
1869 |
Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed |
1869 |
US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens |
1870 |
James W Smith of SC is one of 1st African Americans to enter West Point |
1871 |
The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada |
1873 |
Henry Ossian Flipper of Georgia one of the first African Americans enters West Point Military Academy |
1873 |
Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province |
1874 |
1st Chamber accept law against child labor |
1874 |
1st US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000 |
1874 |
1st US zoo opens (Philadelphia) |
1875 |
Universal Postal Union established |
1877 |
1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published |
1878 |
Treaty of Berlin divides Africa for colonization |
1878 |
Canada joins the Universal Postal Union. |
1879 |
Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples |
1879 |
Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower. |
1881 |
1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB |
1881 |
US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens |
1881 |
General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army's organisation, comes into effect. |
1883 |
ANWB forms in Utrecht |
1885 |
The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada. |
1889 |
Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti |
1889 |
US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens |
1890 |
Great-Britain & Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty |
1890 |
Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable. |
1893 |
SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood |
1896 |
Harbor of Ymuiden opens |
1896 |
Wilfrid Laurel sworn in as 1st French speaking premier of Canada |
1897 |
Bronx acquires Hutton Square |
1897 |
14th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Blanche Hillyard beats C Sterry (5-7 7-5 6-2) |
1897 |
21st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Reginald Doherty beats H Mahony (6-4 6-4 6-3) |
1898 |
Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill |
1899 |
Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels |
1899 |
SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building |
1902 |
Ranji (230) & Newham (153) add 344 for 7th wkt, Sussex v Essex |
1902 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (BG) |
1902 |
US Congress passes the Philippines Government Act, providing that the Philippines be governed by a commission appointed by the President, with consent from the senate; Filipinos are to be treated as citizens of their land, no the USA |
1903 |
1st Tour de France bicycle race begins |
1903 |
20th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats E Larcombe (4-6 6-4 6-2) |
1903 |
27th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats F Riseley (7-5 6-3 6-0) |
1904 |
3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis |
1905 |
Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity |
1907 |
World's 1st air force established (US Army) |
1907 |
The Orange River Colony, known as the Orange Free State, is granted self-government by the British |
1910 |
Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0 |
1910 |
Union of South Africa becomes a dominion |
1910 |
White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns |
1911 |
Proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" (by the Grace of God) from Canadian coins |
1911 |
The German gunboat 'Panther' arrives off Agadir allegedly to protect German interests and nationals in Morocco |
1913 |
Serbia & Greece declare war on Bulgaria |
1914 |
Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party |
1915 |
Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service |
1915 |
Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces |
1916 |
British court martial (Easter uprising) |
1916 |
Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market |
1916 |
Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR |
1916 |
First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men (WWI) |
1917 |
257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted |
1917 |
Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) |
1917 |
Reds' Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates |
1917 |
Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn |
1919 |
US 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents |
1919 |
Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen |
1920 |
Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0 |
1920 |
55th British Golf Open: George Duncan shoots a 303 at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club |
1921 |
The Communist Party of China is founded. |
1923 |
1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass) |
1924 |
Dircet regular transcontinental airmail service between New York and San Francisco forms |
1925 |
NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7 |
1925 |
SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election |
1925 |
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK |
1926 |
Canada restores gold standard |
1929 |
US Immigration law of 1924 in effect |
1929 |
US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye" |
1930 |
Great Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq |
1931 |
Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed |
1931 |
Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents |
1931 |
Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs |
1931 |
Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo) |
1932 |
45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (6-3 6-1) |
1932 |
NY Gov FDR nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago |
1932 |
NY newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt |
1933 |
German nazi regime declares that married women shouldn't work |
1933 |
Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden |
1933 |
The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration. |
1934 |
1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY |
1935 |
Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP, General Ducth Press Agency) forms in Amsterdam |
1936 |
AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens |
1936 |
Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam |
1937 |
Britain begins using 999 emergency phone number |
1937 |
Rev Martin Niemöller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany |
1937 |
Spanish bishops support Franco & fascists |
1938 |
58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63) |
1938 |
The South African Press Association (SAPA) is established as a non-governmental institution by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international |
1940 |
Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees |
1941 |
1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC |
1941 |
Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial |
1941 |
Joe DiMaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak |
1941 |
WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1941 |
WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in NYC (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1942 |
German troops conquer Sebastopol |
1943 |
"Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks |
1944 |
2500+ killed in London/SE England by German flying bombs |
1944 |
Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank |
1944 |
Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel |
1944 |
General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy |
1944 |
US headquarter moves to Colombières Normandy |
1944 |
Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!" |
1945 |
1st of the superstars returns from the WW II, Hank Greenberg homers |
1945 |
55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office |
1945 |
Allies troop land on Balikpapan |
1946 |
Rajah cedes Sarawak to British crown |
1946 |
US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion) |
1947 |
192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched |
1947 |
British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office |
1948 |
Bradman scores 128 Australia v Surrey, 141 mins, 15 fours |
1948 |
Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher |
1948 |
NYC subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents |
1949 |
63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (3-6 6-0 6-3 4-6 6-4) |
1949 |
Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France |
1949 |
WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1950 |
"Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 perfs |
1950 |
1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea |
1950 |
NYC bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents |
1950 |
WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1951 |
Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
1951 |
Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1 |
1953 |
KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1953 |
KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins |
1954 |
Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 HRs for record 3 HRs in his 1st 2 days |
1954 |
Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record |
1954 |
WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1955 |
69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (6-3 7-5 6-1) |
1955 |
KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
1956 |
Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open |
1956 |
Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show |
1956 |
Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan |
1957 |
International Geophysical Year begins (until Dec 31, 1958) |
1957 |
WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast |
1958 |
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave. |
1959 |
Heinrich Lubke elected pres of West-Germany |
1959 |
Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany |
1959 |
WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting |
1959 |
World Refugee Year begins |
1959 |
The Party of the African Federation (PFA) holds its constitutive conference. |
1960 |
Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel |
1960 |
The independent Somali Democratic Republic, commonly known as Somalia, is formed out of former British and Italian territories |
1960 |
Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba |
1960 |
Ghana becomes a republic |
1960 |
No passports needed inside Benelux |
1960 |
USSR shoots down US RB-47 reconnaissance plane |
1960 |
Robert Bolt's "Man For All Seasons" premieres in London |
1960 |
74th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Neale Fraser beats Rod Laver (6-4 3-6 9-7 7-5) |
1961 |
16th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright |
1961 |
Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii |
1961 |
KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
1962 |
Algeria votes for independence from France |
1962 |
Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) |
1963 |
Beatles record "She Loves You" & "I'll Get You" |
1963 |
US President Kennedy arrives in Rome |
1963 |
US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code |
1963 |
ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail. |
1965 |
FC Twente '65 Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede |
1965 |
KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1965 |
Kinderstraf trial starts |
1966 |
80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64) |
1966 |
Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART |
1966 |
Explorer 33 launched |
1966 |
Medicare goes into effect |
1966 |
VVV soccer team forms in Venlo |
1966 |
The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto. |
1967 |
"Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 perfs |
1967 |
1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2 |
1967 |
BBC starts their World Radio Club |
1967 |
Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" goes #1 for 15 weeks |
1967 |
Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867. |
1968 |
Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 inn scoreless streak ends on wild pitch |
1968 |
Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard |
1968 |
John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here) |
1968 |
US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
1968 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1968 |
The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established. |
1968 |
Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO. |
1969 |
Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales |
1969 |
John Lennon & Yoko Ono are admitted to hospital after a car crash |
1969 |
Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips |
1970 |
Denny McLain returns, (leaves trailiing) Tigers beat Yankees in 11 |
1970 |
FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht |
1970 |
Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC) |
1970 |
British Home Secretary R. Maudling visits N. Ireland and is reported as saying: "For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!" |
1971 |
Britain & Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands |
1971 |
Debt raised to build San Franisco's Golden Gate Bridge paid off |
1971 |
State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination |
1972 |
"Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 524 performances |
1972 |
"Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 1750 performances |
1972 |
Ms. magazine begins publishing |
1972 |
The first Gay Pride march in England takes place. |
1973 |
"Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 711 perfs |
1973 |
1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61 |
1973 |
Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic |
1973 |
Tom Bradley becomes the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles, the first (and only) African-American to hold that position |
1974 |
1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens (SF) |
1974 |
General Pinochet becomes president of Chile |
1974 |
Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as pres of Argentina |
1974 |
Monmouthshire renamed Gwent & becomes part of Wales |
1975 |
Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1975 |
WEDway People Mover inaugurated |
1976 |
Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors |
1976 |
Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira. |
1977 |
84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61) |
1977 |
FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam Neth |
1977 |
Marlies Gohr runs Europen record 100m (10.88 sec) |
1978 |
"Act" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 233 performances |
1978 |
Former Pres Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 |
1978 |
Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing |
1979 |
Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow |
1979 |
Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open |
1979 |
Sony introduces the Walkman. |
1980 |
Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo |
1980 |
'O Canada' officially becomes the national anthem of Canada. |
1981 |
Laurel Canyon California murders (4 die, 1 wounded) |
1981 |
NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen |
1981 |
Nell Dunn's "Steaming" premieres in London |
1981 |
Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam |
1981 |
Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3 |
1982 |
2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC |
1982 |
ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) |
1982 |
Challenger moves overland to Dryden |
1982 |
General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina |
1982 |
Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched |
1982 |
PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells |
1983 |
Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period |
1984 |
"Baby" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 241 performances |
1984 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
1984 |
Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff, retires |
1984 |
The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA. |
1987 |
Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in Oct by senate |
1987 |
NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio |
1987 |
WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format |
1988 |
In New Zealand, Bastion Point land returned to the local Maori iwi (tribe), Ngāti Whātua |
1989 |
NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF |
1989 |
Yanks beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play |
1990 |
11th US Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino |
1990 |
18th du Maurier Golf Classic: Cathy Johnston |
1990 |
1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo |
1990 |
Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 |
1990 |
Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht |
1990 |
FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells |
1990 |
German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency |
1990 |
In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal |
1990 |
NY Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0 |
1992 |
6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles |
1992 |
Ali Kafi becomes president of Algeria |
1992 |
Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming |
1993 |
1 second is added to the clock |
1993 |
Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit |
1993 |
STS-57 (Endeavour) lands |
1994 |
Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed) |
1994 |
Roman Herzog sworn in as German president |
1994 |
Soyuz TM-19 launches |
1994 |
Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip |
1995 |
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 906 perfs |
1995 |
Kiersten Rickenbach, of NJ, crowned America's Junior Miss |
1996 |
Kevan James scores 103 & takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants v Ind |
1996 |
NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes |
1996 |
Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera |
1996 |
WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in NYC |
1997 |
Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield |
1997 |
STS 94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit |
1997 |
Britain hands Hong Kong and the New Territories - ceded in 1841 - to the People's Republic of China. |
1999 |
The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. |
2000 |
The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic. |
2000 |
Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect. |
2002 |
The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. |
2002 |
A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71. |
2004 |
Saturn Orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC. |
2006 |
The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China. |
2007 |
Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces: with the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK. Australia implements a similar ban. |
2008 |
Denmark is the first European economy to confirm it is in recession since the global credit crunch began; its GDP shrinks 0.6% in the first quarter after a 0.2% contraction in the fourth quarter of 2007 |
2012 |
17 people are killed and 45 injured in an attack on two churches in Garissa, Kenya |
2012 |
Spain's football team crushes Italy 4-0 to win the 2012 UEFA Euro Cup |
2013 |
Demonstrations occur across Egypt with 15 million people calling for the resignation of their President, Mohammed Morsi |
2013 |
47 people are killed and 90 are wounded in two bomb blasts in Pakistan |
2013 |
Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union |
2014 |
Jennifer Love Hewitt joins the CBS series "Criminal Minds" |
2014 |
Martin Schulz is re-elected President of the European Parliament |
2016 |
Tesla Driver Killed While Using 'Autopilot' |
2016 |
Coastal Carolina wins College World Series championship |
2016 |
Pentagon lifts ban on transgender troops |
2017 |
Gunman kills doctor, wounds six others in Bronx hospital rampage |
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