1770 – Battles of Chesma and Larga between the Russian and Ottoman Empires
1914 – Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1929 – WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
1936 – 120°F (49°C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
1957 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: South African Bobby Locke wins his 4th Open by 3 strokes from defending champion Peter Thomson of Australia
1959 – Ben-Gurion’s Israeli government resigns
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
1973 – Isle of Man begins issuing its own postage stamps
1975 – Cape Verde Islands gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1993 – Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 4th July 2022
1802 – 1st US Military Academy opens at West Point, NY
1855 – In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman’s book of poems, “Leaves of Grass” is published
1891 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Wilfred Baddeley wins first of 3 Wimbledon singles championships; beats Joshua Pim 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, 6-0
1940 – British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
1944 – 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
1950 – Harry Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
1976 – Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt NY
1986 – England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham
2009 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams beats older sister Venus 7-6, 6-2 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles title
2015 – Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago: Chile defeats Argentina, 4-1 penalties to win their first title; 0-0 after extra time
Historical Events for 3rd July 2022
1841 – John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
1901 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Charlotte Cooper Sterry beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-2 6-2, her 4th of 5 Wimbledon singles titles
1920 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Bill Tilden, becomes first American male to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Gerald Patterson of Australia 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1948 – Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death, California; execution doesn’t happen until 1960
1959 – British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: 23 year old South African Gary Player wins the first of his 9 major titles, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Fred Bullock and Flory Van Donck
1982 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 for the first of 6-straight Wimbledon singles titles
1986 – US President Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1986 – Kuwait’s National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
1987 – 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
2018 – US Justice and Education Departments rescind Obama affirmative action policies in college admissions
Historical Events for 2nd July 2022
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
1298 – Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I
1863 – 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg (US Civil War)
1928 – British parliament reduces the age at women can vote to 21 – the same as men (Representation of the People Act 1928)
1972 – India and Pakistan sign Simla Agreement peace accord
1972 – Two Catholic civilians are shot and killed in Belfast by Loyalist paramilitaries, probably the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
1978 – MLB pitcher Ron Guidry beats Detroit 3-2 for a NY Yankee record 13-0 start to the season
2008 – A settlement is reached allowing former NBA franchise the Seattle SuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; new owner Clay Bennett agrees to pay City of Seattle $45 million to wriggle out of last 2 years of KeyArena lease
2011 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Czech left hander Petra Kvitová wins her first Grand Slam title beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4
2019 – Newly rediscovered Lewis chess piece sells at auction for £735,000 in London
Historical Events for 1st July 2022
1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies
1816 – French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Géricault’s painting “Raft of the Medusa”
1850 – At least 626 ships lie at anchor around San Francisco Bay
1916 – First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men (WWI)
1932 – NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Democratic Convention in Chicago
1946 – The last White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke cedes Sarawak to the British Crown
1973 – 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1976 – Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors
1991 – “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong premieres at Century City, California
2019 – Japan resumes commercial whaling after a break of more than 30 years
Historical Events for 30th June 2022
1643 – Battle of Adwalton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary army during First English Civil war
1758 – Seven Years’ War: The Battle of Domstadtl results in Austrian victory over Prussia in Moravia
1910 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: New Zealander Anthony Wilding beats Arthur Gore 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 for his 1st of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles
1924 – J. B. M. Hertzog becomes Primes Minister, head of a coalition government between the National and Labour Parties in South Africa
1928 – Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards
1936 – Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With The Wind” published
1936 – 40 hour work week law approved for US federal employees
1966 – Richard Helms promoted from deputy director to 8th director of US Central Intelligence Agency
1992 – “End of the Road” single released by Boyz II Men (Grammy Award Best RandB Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best RandB Song 1993, Billboard Song of the Year 1992)
2002 – FIFA World Cup Final, International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan: Ronaldo scores twice as Brazil beats Germany, 2-0 to win record 5th title; first World Cup held in Asia
Historical Events for 29th June 2022
1914 – Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia
1927 – 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1931 – Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
1946 – Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist
1950 – Striker Joe Gaetjens heads US to an upset, 1-0 win over England in a FIFA World Cup group match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Americans next win over England: 1994
1956 – Dutch PM Drees refuses resignation of Queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
1959 – Pope John XXIII publishes his 1st encyclical “On truth, unity, and peace, in charity”
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
2017 – Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces retake destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri from Islamic State – symbolic site where their leader declared a “caliphate”
2018 – Drake releases his fifth studio album “Scorpion”, a double album with 25 tracks
Historical Events for 28th June 2022
1119 – Battle of Sarmada – Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
1936 – Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China
1939 – Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
1953 – US Open Women’s Golf, CC of Rochester: Betsy Rawls wins an 18-hole Sunday playoff by 6 strokes over runner-up Jackie Pung
1976 – 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1979 – OPEC raises oil prices 24%
1984 – 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
1992 – LA Police commissioner Daryl Gates steps down
2000 – Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2012 – NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
Historical Events for 27th June 2022
1778 – Liberty Bell returns home to Philadelphia after the British departure
1904 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Laurence Doherty wins 3rd consecutive Wimbledon singles crown; beats Frank Riseley for 2nd straight year 6-1, 7-5, 8-6
1960 – Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens
1960 – British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
1970 – Festival Express opens in Toronto, Canada – The Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Flying Burrito Bros, Buddy Guy, Great Speckled Bird, and Delaney and Bonnie and Friends cross Canada together by train, for 5 shows in 3 cities
1984 – Late Night’s 1st Tower Drop
1990 – NBA Draft: Syracuse power forward Derrick Coleman first pick by New Jersey Nets
1992 – Daryl Gates retires as LA police chief
1995 – Holland’s debut in English domestic comp (v Northants, NatWest)
2013 – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is re-elected President of Mongolia
Historical Events for 26th June 2022
1718 – Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great’s son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1925 – “The Gold Rush”, directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released
1942 – German assault on British railroad terminal at Mersa Matruh, Egypt
1945 – United Nations Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco
1962 – Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
1976 – Washington Senators player Toby Harrah plays an entire doubleheader at shortstop without a single chance in the field
1987 – Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. announces his retirement
1993 – NHL Draft: Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) center Alexandre Daigle first pick by Ottawa Senators
2002 – NBA Draft: Shanghai Sharks (China) center Yao Ming first pick by Houston Rockets
2014 – Luis Suárez is expelled from the 2014 FIFA World Cup following his biting incident