1741 – Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen consort of Sardinia (1737-41), dies at 29
1795 – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian, dies at 81
1858 – Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
1908 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (created Uncle Remus stories), dies at 59
1920 – William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (controlled yellow fever during building of the Panama Canal), dies at 65
1990 – Maurice Girodias, French publisher and founder (Olympia Press), dies at 71
1993 – “Curly” Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies of pneumonia at 83
1995 – Pancho González, American tennis player (US National C’ships singles 1948-49; Wimbledon and French Open Doubles, 1949; 13 x Pro Grand Slam titles), dies of stomach cancer at 67
2003 – Charles Henderson Tidbury, British brewing executive (Whitbread and Co), dies at 77
2006 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford), dies at 65
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Historical Events for 3rd July 2025
1767 – Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage in the Pacific, commanded by Philip Carteret
1890 – Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
1915 – After exploding a bomb in US Senate reception room previous day, Erich Muenter, a German instructor at Cornell University, shoots JP Morgan for representing the British government in war contract negotiations
1953 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American Vic Seixas wins his only Wimbledon singles title with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Dane Kurt Nielsen
1966 – Atlanta Braves Tony Cloninger, 1st NL player and only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a MLB game (17-3 v SF Giants)
1974 – Pitching in MLB-record 13th consecutive game for the LA Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John’s 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds
1984 – West Indies cricket opener Gordon Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 242 balls in 9-wicket Lord’s Test win v England
1987 – Two men become the first hot-air balloon travelers to cross the Atlantic
1989 – US Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
2006 – English singer-songwriter Lily Allen releases her debut single “Smile”
Today in History for 3rd July 2025
Historical Events
1913 – A Common Tern is banded in Maine and later found dead in Africa in 1919, making it the first bird known to have crossed the Atlantic
1946 – First Dutch government of Louis Beel forms
1994 – FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
2018 – French President Emmanuel Macron visits the New Afrika Shrine nightclub in Lagos during his two-day tour of Nigeria
2021 – Mudslides crash through town of Atami, Japan, after torrential rain, killing 19, with over 100 people initially missing
Famous Birthdays
1685 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer, born in Roos Hall, Beccles, England (d. 1768)
1828 – John Austin Wharton, American lawyer and Major General (Confederate Army), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1865)
1927 – Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Liège), born in Teuven, Belgium (d. 2019)
1937 – David Shire, American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores (The Conversation; All the President’s Men), born in Buffalo, New York
1970 – Shawnee Smith, American actress (Saw), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
Famous Deaths
1904 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and father of modern political Zionism (World Zionist Organization), dies of cardiac sclerosis at 44
1918 – Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), dies at 73
1957 – Dolf Luque, Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1919, 33; MLB wins leader and MLB ERA leader 1923; Cincinnati Reds, NY Giants), dies at 66
2011 – Anna Massey, English actress (De Sade, Doll’s House), dies at 73
2024 – David Hofmans, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer (Belmont Stakes 1997 Touch Gold; 3 x Breeders Cup races), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 2nd July 2025
1863 – Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28
1940 – Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
1952 – Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch cellist, pianist and composer, dies at 56
1955 – Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 82
1961 – Ernest Hemingway, American author (The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel Prize for Literature – 1954), dies from suicide at 61
1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal, dies at 81
1990 – Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
1995 – Gervase Jackson-Stops, British historian and architectural adviser to the National Trust (1972-95), dies of an AIDS related illness at 48
2008 – Natasha Shneider, Russian musician (Eleven), dies at 52
2015 – Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian polka and Oberkrain ethnic accordionist, piano player, and composer (Avsenik Brothers Ensemble), dies at 85
Historical Events for 2nd July 2025
1969 – American guitarist Leslie West and producer, bassist Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
1971 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1986 – General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile
2000 – UEFA European Championship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy
2005 – Live 8 concert at Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; performers include Neil Young, Bryan Adams; The Tragically Hip; Motley Crue; Gordon Lightfoot; Deep Purple, and Bruce Cockburn
2006 – Michael Schumacher wins US F1 Grand Prix for the 5th time, 1st driver in any series to win 5 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2012 – Monsoon rain in East India kills at least 79 people and leaves 2.2 million homeless
2016 – Large lorry bomb in Baghdad kills at least 125 people and wounds 150, Islamic State claims responsibility
2019 – Virginie Viard presents her first haute couture collection as designer at Chanel after the death of Karl Lagerfeld at the Grand Palais
2022 – Largest ever exhibition on African fashion “Africa Fashion” opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Today in History for 2nd July 2025
Historical Events
1808 – Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser River, British Columbia, lands at Musqueam
1935 – Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in NYC, New York
1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta
1993 – Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
2018 – English pop singers Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne announce they are splitting up after two years
Famous Birthdays
1821 – Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 69-day term in 1896), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (d. 1915)
1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria (d. 1931)
1904 – Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
1928 – Line Renaud [Jacqueline Ente], French pop and cabaret singer, actress, and AIDS activist, born in Pont-de-Nieppe, France
1949 – Joe English, American musician and drummer (Wings; Sea Level), born in Rochester, New York
Famous Deaths
1656 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French army commander (Thirty Years’ War), dies at 44
1743 – Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Whig: 1742-43) statesman who served in government from 1715 until his death, dies at about 70
1917 – Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor and theatre manager (King John, Trilby), dies at 64
1993 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
1994 – Ralph Rinzler, American folklorist, Greenbriar Boys, founded Smithsonian Folklife Festival, dies at 59
Famous Deaths for 1st July 2025
1589 – Christophe Plantin, French-Belgian book publisher (Officina Plantiniana), dies
1774 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English corrupt politician (Chiswick), dies at 68
1883 – Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 39
1885 – Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling’s solution), dies at 73
1943 – Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
1983 – R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), dies at 87
1988 – Robert Riefling, Norwegian concert pianist, and pedagogue (Royal Danish Academy, 1967-88; Norwegian Academy of Music, 1973-88), dies at 76
1999 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian film director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny), dies at 90
2020 – Ida Haendel, Polish-British-Canadian child prodigy violinist, teacher, and author (Woman with Violin), dies of kidney cancer at 91
2023 – Dilano van ‘t Hoff, Dutch race car driver (F4 Spanish Championship, 2021), dies in a crash during Regional European Championship race at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium at 18
Historical Events for 1st July 2025
1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies
1867 – The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister
1889 – Frederick Douglass named US Minister to Haiti
1908 – “SOS” (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal becomes the worldwide standard for help
1920 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: French superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to complete a sweep after taking the women’s and mixed doubles titles
1920 – St Louis Cardinals become tenants of their AL rival St Louis Browns, as they abandon Robison Field midway through the MLB season and return to Sportsman’s Park
1955 – KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1971 – Debt raised to build San Franisco’s Golden Gate Bridge paid off
1978 – John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical “The Act”, starring Liza Minnelli and directed by Martin Scorsese closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 233 performances
2022 – Germany and Nigeria have signed an agreement to return ownership of more than 1,000 Benin Bronzes, looted during colonial times, back to Nigeria
Today in History for 1st July 2025
Historical Events
1858 – Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution to the Linnean Society renders audience awestruck and silent
1938 – The South African Press Association (SAPA) is established as a non-governmental institution by South Africa’s major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international
1944 – Von Rundstedt against Keitel: “Sign peace, idiots!”
1948 – Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 128 in 141 mins with 15 fours in a tour match vs Surry
1968 – US, Britain, USSR and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Famous Birthdays
1873 – Alice Guy-Blaché, French film director who was the first woman to direct a film (The Fairy of the Cabbages), born in Paris (d. 1968)
1887 – Charles D. Brown, American actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor), born in Council Bluffs, Iowa (d. 1948)
1952 – Steve Shutt, Canadian Hockey HOF left wing (Stanley Cup 1973, 76, 77, 78, 79 Montreal Canadiens), born in North York, Ontario
1971 – Steven W. Bailey, American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in San Diego, California
1983 – Brandee Younger, American session and touring classical, jazz, soul, and funk harpist, born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Famous Deaths
1614 – Isaac Casaubon, English classical scholar (Atheneaus), dies at 55
1953 – Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
1980 – Charles P. Snow, English novelist (Death Under Sail, Strangers and Brothers) and physical chemist, dies at 74
1987 – Snakefinger [Philip Lithman], British singer and songwriter. guitarist, and violinist (The Residents), dies of a heart attack at 38
2020 – Ida Haendel, Polish-British-Canadian child prodigy violinist, teacher, and author (Woman with Violin), dies of kidney cancer at 91
Famous Deaths for 30th June 2025
1224 – Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185)
1785 – James Oglethorpe, English military officer, philanthropist and founder of the US colony of Georgia, dies at 88
1971 – Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies in outer space aboard Soyuz 11 at 38
1973 – Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a Cold Climate), one of the Mitford sisters, dies of cancer at 68
1980 – Virginia Brown Faire, American silent film actress (Lonesome Trail, Temptress), dies at 76
1995 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch politician, (President of the Commission of Europe 1972-1973), dies at 86
2004 – Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer, dies at 80
2020 – Alfred Kotey, Ghanaian boxer (WBO Bantamweight C’ship 1994-95), dies of complications from a stroke at 52
2021 – Inge Danielsson, Swedish soccer midfielder (17 caps; Ifö/Bromölla IF, Helsingborgs IF, AFC Ajax, IFK Norrköping), dies at 80
2022 – Bill Squires, American track and field coach (Greater Boston Track Club: Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, Greg Meyer; Boston State College 1965-78), dies at 89