1878 – The coat of arms of the Baku governorate was established
1922 – Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
1945 – World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared
1946 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Frenchman Yvon Petra beats Australian Geoff Brown 6-2, 6-4, 7-9, 5-7, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon title
1961 – St Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White smashes 3 HRs and a double in 9-1 rout of Los Angeles Dodgers
1987 – A’s first baseman Mark McGwire becomes first rookie to hit 30 HRs before the MLB All-Star Game as Oakland beats Red Sox, 6-2
2019 – Former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral says he paid a $2 million bribe to secure votes for his city to be granted 2016 Olympics
2024 – US President Joe Biden gives an interview to quell fears about his stamina and cognitive abilities with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 4th July 2026
993 – Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized
1636 – Providence, Rhode Island, is founded by Roger Williams after his exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1672 – States of Holland declare the “Eternal Edict” void and appoint William III as stadholder
1876 – First public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco
1894 – Republic of Hawai’i is proclaimed, Sanford B Dole as serves as the first and only elected president
1914 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Dorothea Chambers wins her 7th and last Wimbledon singles title beating Ethel Larcombe 7-5, 6-4
1968 – Lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July at 41°F
1980 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Chris Evert 6-1, 7-6 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles crown
Historical Events for 3rd July 2026
1849 – French forces enter Rome to restore Pope Pius IX to power, providing a major obstacle to Italian unification
1861 – Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from New York
1876 – Montenegro formally declares war on the Ottoman Empire
1900 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Sydney Smith 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title
1940 – German occupiers forbid using Dutch royal names
1974 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 14 carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1977 – Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew’s nine-race winning streak ends in the Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park, where he finishes fourth
2006 – US Open Women’s Golf, Newport CC: Annika Sörenstam wins her 10th and final major title by 4 strokes in a playoff with Pat Hurst
Historical Events for 2nd July 2026
706 – Remains of Chinese Emperor Gaozong, his wife Empress Wu Zetian and family members interred in Qianling Mausoleum by Emperor Zhongzong, outside Chang’an on Mount Liangshan
1858 – Russia implements partial emancipation of serfs
1902 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Muriel Robb wins her only major title with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of fellow Briton Charlotte Cooper
1926 – US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award “heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight”
1979 – First US coin to honor a woman is issued with Susan B. Anthony
2005 – Live 8 concert in front of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; performers include Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi, The Black-Eyed Peas, Keith Urban, Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5, and Linkin Park
2020 – Funeral for slain Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa in Ambo amid nationwide unrest at his death that has killed over 80 people
2022 – Largest ever exhibition on African fashion “Africa Fashion” opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Historical Events for 1st July 2026
1535 – Thomas More goes on trial in England on charges of treason for refusing to accept Henry VIII’s supremacy over the Pope
1858 – First Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent) at the Royal Mint in London, England
1861 – US War Department decrees that Kansas and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers
1889 – US mint at Carson City, Nevada, officially reopens after a four-year hiatus
1916 – Pittsburgh shortstop Honus Wagner, at 42 and 4 months, connects at Cincinnati to become the oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR; Pirates beat Reds, 2-1
1925 – Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs is created in UK
1932 – NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois
1981 – Prince Willem-Alexander opens the C. Veerling designed 318-meter cable-stayed Willemsbrug Bridge in Rotterdam
Historical Events for 30th June 2026
1906 – US Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act; these laws owe much to the expose journalism of the period (Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ in particular)
1924 – England score 2-503 in day’s play v South Africa at Lord’s
1941 – Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York is dedicated
1980 – British sixpence demonetised after being in used since 1551 and 12 years after introduction of decimal currency
1992 – South African ANC President Nelson Mandela meets with UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at Dakar
1994 – Pre-trial hearings open in LA against O.J. Simpson
2009 – Turkey records its fastest contraction of 13.8% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008, leading the country into recession; this is Turkey’s biggest economic slump since 1945
2019 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Warren GC: Steve Stricker wins his second Champions Tour major of the year by 6 strokes from David Toms and Jerry Kelly
Historical Events for 29th June 2026
1945 – Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, annexed by Soviet Union, becomes Ukrainian SSR
1957 – US Open Women’s Golf, Winged Foot GC: Betsy Rawls wins when apparent champion, Jackie Pung at 298 (+6) is disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard kept by playing partner Betty Jameson
1963 – The Beatles’ first number one single, “From Me to You,” hits the UK charts
1964 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes the US Senate after a 60-working-day filibuster by Southern senators
1976 – Seychelles gains independence from the United Kingdom
1992 – Algerian head of state, Mohamed Boudiaf, is assassinated by military officers during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba
1994 – 128°F (53°C) Lake Havasu City, Arizona (state record, breaking previous set in 1905)
2015 – Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared due to natural forces and stealing of bricks
Historical Events for 28th June 2026
767 – St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1519 – King Carlos I is elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
1897 – Marquis C. de Bonchamps’ expedition reaches Gore, Ethiopia
1922 – The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin
1924 – Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
1996 – The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
2000 – Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2011 – Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Historical Events for 27th June 2026
1580 – Duke of Alva’s army occupies Portugal
1890 – Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes the first Black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London
1898 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Louisa Martin 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles championship
1934 – Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
1976 – In South Africa, the National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots in Soweto have lead to a new era of political consciousness
1984 – Late Night’s 1st Tower Drop
2018 – Complex carbon-based molecules are found by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, previously found only on Earth and in meteorites, in research published in Nature
Historical Events for 26th June 2026
1243 – Battle of Köse Dağ: Mongols under Baiju defeat Seljuk army of Sultan Kaykhusraw II during Mongol attacks in north east Turkey
1927 – Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth
1934 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the National Firearms Act into law, requiring registration and imposition of excise tax on firearms including machine guns. short-barreled shotguns and rifles, and silencers; exceptions made for pistol, revolvers, and long guns
1937 – Test cricket debut of all-time great English batsman Len Hutton v New Zealand in 1st Tests at Lord’s; scores 0 and 1
1972 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill two British Army soldiers in separate attacks during the day and at midnight begins a “bi-lateral truce”
1974 – The Universal Product Code (UPC) is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
1992 – NYC’s MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
2015 – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls for a referendum on new bailout terms during the Greek Credit Crisis