WillDekkard
07-07-2010, 05:22 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- July 7th
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* 1456 A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
* 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.
* 1575 Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
* 1585 Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
* 1770 The Battle of Larga takes place.
* 1777 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton
* 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-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States conquest of California.
* 1863 United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
* 1865 American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
* 1892 Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established leading to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
* 1898 President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
* 1915 World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.
* 1915 A International Railway (New York Ontario) trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
* 1917 Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government in Russia after the deposing of the Tsar Nicholas II.
* 1928 Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
* 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: U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by Germany.
* 1941 World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
* 1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
* 1946 Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
* 1947 Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
* 1953 Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
* 1956 Fritz Moravec reaches the peak of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
* 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 is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
* 1967 Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.
* 1969 In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
* 1974 West Germany win the FIFA World Cup, beating Netherlands 2-1 in the Final.
* 1978 The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
* 1980 Institution of sharia in Iran.
* 1980 The Safra massacre in Lebanon.
* 1983 Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
* 1991 Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
* 2002 A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
* 2005 A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people, including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
* 2005 Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledge to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010.
* 2006 The Western Black Rhinoceros is declared extinct due to poaching.
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- July 7th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 1456 A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
* 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.
* 1575 Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
* 1585 Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
* 1770 The Battle of Larga takes place.
* 1777 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton
* 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-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States conquest of California.
* 1863 United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
* 1865 American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
* 1892 Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established leading to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
* 1898 President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
* 1915 World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.
* 1915 A International Railway (New York Ontario) trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
* 1917 Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government in Russia after the deposing of the Tsar Nicholas II.
* 1928 Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
* 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: U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by Germany.
* 1941 World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
* 1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
* 1946 Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
* 1947 Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
* 1953 Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
* 1956 Fritz Moravec reaches the peak of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
* 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 is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
* 1967 Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.
* 1969 In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
* 1974 West Germany win the FIFA World Cup, beating Netherlands 2-1 in the Final.
* 1978 The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
* 1980 Institution of sharia in Iran.
* 1980 The Safra massacre in Lebanon.
* 1983 Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
* 1991 Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
* 2002 A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
* 2005 A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people, including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
* 2005 Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledge to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010.
* 2006 The Western Black Rhinoceros is declared extinct due to poaching.
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