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# July 7

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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.

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)

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

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)

July 6 - July 8 - June 7 - August 7 - more historical anniversaries

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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