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
Category: Historical Events
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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”