July 7: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. In the Western World, especially Western Europe, the name of the date has become synonym for the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

Events

• 1456 - Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy (having been executed in 1431).
• 1534 - European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.
• 1543 - French troops invade Luxembourg.
• 1798 - Quasi-War: The U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.'
• 1799 - Ranjit Singh's men take up their positions outside Lahore.
• 1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.
• 1846 - Mexican War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California.
• 1863 - United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $100
• 1865 - American Civil War: Four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
• 1898 - History of United States overseas expansion: President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• 1917 - Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government 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: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
• 1941 - World War II: American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by Germany.
• 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
• 1947 - Downed UFO believed to be found in the Roswell UFO incident.
• 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 occults the star Regulus. This rare event was used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• 1969 - In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
• 1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1983 - Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier 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.
• 2003 - The United Communist Party of Armenia was formed.
• 2004 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires.
• 2005 - Terrorist explosions occur on the London Underground network and on a London Bus.

• 1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
• 1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
• 1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)
• 1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
• 1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)
• 1843 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1926)
• 1848 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil
• 1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German 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 Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
• 1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
• 1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
• 1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)
• 1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d.1970)
• 1906 - Leroy "Satchel" Paige, baseball player (d. 1982)
• 1907 - Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (d. 1988)
• 1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer
• 1915 - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d. 1985)
• 1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
• 1919 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996)
• 1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
• 1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician
• 1932 - Josef Zawinul, Austrian musician and composer
• 1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner
• 1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
• 1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
• 1941 - Michael Howard, British politician
• 1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
• 1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
• 1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
• 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 singer
• 1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player
• 1974 - Karlis Skrastins, Latvian-born hockey player
• 1975 - Michael Voss, Australian footballer
• 1980 - Deidre Downs, American beauty queen
• 1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
• 1988 - Kaci Brown, Singer Songwriter

• 1129 - Emperor Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (b. 1053)
• 1304 - Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
• 1307 - King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
• 1537 - Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
• 1572 - King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b. 1520)
• 1573 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)
• 1647 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
• 1701 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
• 1713 - Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
• 1764 - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
• 1776 - Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
• 1790 - François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)
• 1816 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)
• 1855 - Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
• 1880 - Lydia Child, American novelist and abolitionist (b. 1802)
• 1901 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 - Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880)
• 1949 - Bunk Johnson, American 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, English actress (b. 1913)
• 1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
• 1971 - Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b1901)
• 1972 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1972 - King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
• 1973 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 - Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1980 - Dore Schary, American film producer and writer (b. 1905)
• 1990 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
• 2001 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 2003 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
• 2005 - Casualties of the 7 July 2005 London bombings

• Bhutan - Guru Rinpoche
• Japan - Tanabata
• Roman Empire - Nonae Caprotinae festival in honor of Juno
• Russia and Ukraine - Ivan Kupala
• 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
• Chicago, Illinois - Smashing Pumpkins Day

• 2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest

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