Historical Events for 12th July 2025

1191 – Third Crusade: City of Acre surrenders to English King Richard I the Lionheart and the Crusaders after a siege of nearly two years
1785 – First manned flight in Netherlands: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard lifts off in his gas balloon from Noordeinde Palace in The Hague
1790 – French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state
1943 – 8th day of Battle of Kursk, USSR: Operation Kutuzov (Soviet counter-offensive begins
1948 – First jets to fly across Atlantic (six RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1949 – Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
1971 – Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
1975 – England cricket wicketkeeper Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield
2011 – 82nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-1 at Chase Field, Phoenix
2013 – 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris

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Historical Events for 11th July 2025

1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
1969 – Rolling Stones release “Honky Tonk Woman”
1984 – US Government mandates that all cars must be equipped with airbags or seatbelts by 1989
1987 – Heart’s “Alone” single goes to #1 for three weeks
2004 – Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by one stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain
2010 – FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra-time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title
2012 – Twentieth ESPY Awards: LeBron James and Brittney Griner win
2013 – “Orange Is the New Black” premieres on Netflix, starring Taylor Schilling, as the first series to be nominated for comedy and drama Emmy awards
2015 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4
2023 – Heavy rains in northern India result in 20 deaths, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods, closing over 700 roads

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Historical Events for 10th July 2025

1553 – Lady Jane Grey, daughter of the Duke of Suffolk, is proclaimed Queen of England, succeeding Edward VI, who declares his half-sisters illegitimate, and reigns for 9 days
1863 – Battle of Jackson, Mississippi – captured by Federals [->Jul 16]
1884 – First day of Test Cricket at Old Trafford, Manchester (1st Test, England v Australia) is washed out
1922 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1943 – US, British, and Canadian forces invade Sicily in WWII (Operation Husky)
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Atoll
1964 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, five strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus
1964 – Jesús Alou is the first San Francisco Giant in 40 years to get six hits in a game in a 10-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
1965 – Beatles’ “VI” album goes to number 1 and stays at number 1 for 6 weeks
1971 – 100th British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan

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Historical Events for 9th July 2025

1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord takes office as the first Prime Minister of France
1914 – First US duplicate auction bridge championship held in Lake Placid, NY
1917 – British battleship HMS Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow due to an internal explosion caused by faulty cordite, killing 804 crew members
1933 – Philadelphia-based NFL team Frankford Yellow Jackets is sold and rebranded as Philadelphia Eagles
1953 – Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
1957 – Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced by an international team at Nobel Institute of Physics in Stockholm, named after Alfred Nobel
1966 – British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders and Dave Thomas by 1 stroke to become only 4th in history to win all 4 majors
1970 – In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn
1979 – Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne National Laboratory
1989 – Wimbledon men’s tennis: Boris Becker of Germany beats Sweden’s Stefan Edberg 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 for his third and last Wimbledon title

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Historical Events for 8th July 2025

1778 – George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
1874 – The Mounties (North West Mounted Police) begin their March West from Fort Dufferin
1935 – 3rd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll
1989 – Carlos Saul Menum becomes President of Argentina
1991 – Pitts Pirate President Carl Barger becomes 1st President of Florida Marlins
1999 – Allen Lee Davis is executed by electrocution by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida
2007 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Whistling Straits: Brad Bryant wins by 3 strokes from Ben Crenshaw
2014 – FIFA World Cup: Germany defeat Brazil by a record 7-1 in the semi-finals to make it to the final; Miroslav Klose of Germany breaks the World Cup goal scoring record with 16 goals
2022 – Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe assassinated while giving a speech in Nara, Japan

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Historical Events for 7th July 2025

1754 – Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1802 – First comic book “The Wasp” is published in Hudson, New York, criticizing Republican politicians
1892 – Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established leading to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia
1912 – American athlete Jim Thorpe wins 4 of 5 events to win the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982
1916 – The New Zealand Labour party is formed
1943 – Liberator bombers sinks U-517
1943 – -10] Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java
1997 – Tower, Minnesota temperature dips to 24°F
2021 – Stanley Cup Final, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL: Defending champions Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens, 1-0 in Game 5; retain title, 4-1
2024 – For the first time more than 3 million passengers were recorded passing through US airport security in one day, amid an increase in air travel in the US

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Historical Events for 6th July 2025

1641 – Battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army
1928 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: In an all-French final René Lacoste beats defending champion Henri Cochet 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1942 – Anne Frank’s family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam
1949 – Cincinnati Reds catcher Walker Cooper goes 6 for 7, (3 HRs, 3 singles, 5 runs scored, 10 RBI) in 23-4 win v Chicago Cubs
1975 – Dmitri Shostakovich completes Sonate for alto, opus 147
1980 – France performs nuclear test
1983 – Supreme Court rules retirement plans can’t pay women less
1997 – Musical revue “Dream: The Johnny Mercer Musical”, closes at Royale Theatre, NYC, after 109 performances
1998 – England cricket spin bowler Robert Croft saves England from defeat with a famous unbeaten 37 in 190 minutes on day 5 of 2nd Test v South Africa at Old Trafford, Manchester
2017 – France announces it will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040

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Historical Events for 5th July 2025

1814 – Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1900 – Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
1922 – Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
1922 – Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
1924 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: In the first all-French final Jean Borotra beats René Lacoste 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1934 – “Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco
1937 – Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain
1968 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to earn first ever prize money (£2,000) offered at Wimbledon
1993 – Kurd guerrillas murder 32 villager in East Turkey
2009 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick of the US 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 for a record 15th Grand Slam singles title

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Historical Events for 4th July 2025

1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye
1708 – Battle of Holowczyn: Swedish King Charles XII defeats superior Russian force in surprising vctory
1836 – Wisconsin Territory forms
1838 – Iowa Territory is organised from Wisconsin Territory, lasting until 1846
1879 – Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony
1882 – Telegraph Hill Observatory opens in San Francisco
1908 – MLB New York Giants pitcher George “Hooks” Wiltse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inning; missed a perfect game by hitting one batter with a pitch (Polo Grounds, NYC)
1929 – AM radio station WOWO, Indiana’s transmitter burns down
1968 – Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched
2006 – Sri Lanka sets new ODI cricket record score 443-9 in a World Cup win over Netherlands in Amstelveen (Jayasuriya 157, Dilshan 117no)

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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”

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