July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining.
Events 1456 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). 1534 - First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick. 1798 - Quasi-War: The United States Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.' 1807 - Peace of Tilsit between France, Kingdom of Prussia and Russia. 1846 - Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California. 1898 - The United States annexes Hawaii. 1917 - Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government in Russia after the deposing of the tsar. 1930 - Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam) is started. 1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade China. 1941 - World War II: American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by the Nazis. 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American saint to be canonized. 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. 1969 - French is made equal to English throughout the Canadian national government. 1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom. 1983 - Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier Yuri Andropov 1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen. 2004 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires. Births 1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, writer († 1920) 1860 - Gustav Mahler, composer († 1911) 1884 - Lion Féuchtwanger, dramatist and narrator († 1958) 1893 - Miroslav Krleza, Croatian, writer 1887 - Marc Chagall, painter († 1985) 1899 - George Cukor, director († 1983) 1901 - Vittorio De Sica, director († 1974) 1901 - Gustav Knuth, actor († 1978) 1906 - Leroy Satchel Paige, baseball player († 1982) 1907 - Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer († 1988) 1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, composer 1915 - Yul Brynner, actor († 1985) 1922 - Pierre Cardin, fashion designer 1927 - Doc Severinsen (Carl H. Severinsen), composer, musician 1940 - Ringo Starr (born "Richard Starkey"), drummer and singer (The Beatles) 1945 - Michael Ancram (Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram), British politician 1948 - Luc Bondy, film and theatre director 1949 - Shelley Duvall, actress: Nashville, The Shining, McCabe and Mrs. Miller 1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer murdered in Nicaragua († 1987) 1980 - Michelle Kwan, figure skater Deaths 1129 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan 1304 - Pope Benedict XI, (possibly poisoned) 1307 - King Edward I of England 1572 - Sigismund II August, king of Poland 1880 - Lydia Child, novelist and abolitionist (* 1802) 1901 - Johanna Spyri, author (Heidi) 1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, writer (Sherlock Holmes) 1967 - Vivian Leigh, actress (Gone with the Wind) 1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Quebec playwright, poet and polemist 1971 - Ub Iwerks, artist, director, cartoonist (drew first Mickey Mouse cartoon) 1972 - King Talal, King of Jordan 1972 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople 1973 - Veronica Lake, actress 1980 - Dore Schary, film producer, writer 1990 - Bill Cullen, game show host Holidays and observances Bhutan - Guru Rinbochy China - Chih Nu (Feast of the Milky way) Japan - Tanabata Roman Empire - Nonae Caprotinae festival in honor of Juno San Fermín festival or running of the bulls in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. Solomon Islands - Independence Day (1978) Tanzania - Saba Saba Day (or Peasants' Day, founding of the TANU party, 1954) Yemen - Unity Factory Day See also: July 6 - July 8 - June 7 - August 7 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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