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 Tyrus?.
• 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 of 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 the Hoover Dam) is started.
• 1937: Japanese forces invade China.
• 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 language made equal to English language throughout the Canadian national government.
• 1972: The Dutch decide to no longer prosecute [soft drugs]? usage.
• 1976: [Viking 2]? goes into orbit around Mars.
• 1978: The Solomon Islands become independent from Great Britain.
• 1986: The government of Jordania? shuts down offices of al-Fatah?.
• 1994: Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.

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Births:

• 1860: [Gustav Mahler]?, composer
• 1887: [Marc Chagall]?, painter
• 1901: Vittorio De Sica, director
• 1906: [Leroy Robert Paige]? ("Satchel"), baseball player
• 1907: Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer
• 1940: Ringo Starr (born "Richard Starkey"), drummer and singer (The Beatles, also solo)
• 1949: [Shelley Duvall]? (actress: Nashville, The Shining, McCabe and Mrs. Miller)

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Deaths:

• 1129: Shirakawa?, emperor of Japan
• 1304: [Benedict XI]?, pope (possibly poisoned)
• 1307: [Edward I]?, king 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]?)
• 1972: Athenagoras?, patriarch of Constantinople

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Holidays:

• Bhutan: [Guru Rinbochy]?
• China: [Chih Nu]? (Feast of the Milkiway)
• Solomon Islands: Independece Day (1978)
• Tanzania: Saba-Saba Day (founding of the TANU? party, 1954)

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