1485 – Henry Tudor’s army sails to England (future Henry VII)
1780 – Sweden declares neutrality
1888 – The roof of Seville’s cathedral collapses after an earthquake
1944 – US troops enter Tessy-sur-Vir
1955 – Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government
1958 – US 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
1966 – Yakubu Gowon becomes Nigerian Head of State after a military coup d’état
1971 – George Harrison’s concert for Bangladesh takes place in NYC
1978 – Atlanta Braves trounce Cincinnati Reds, 16-4 and halt Pete Rose’s NL record hitting streak at 44 games
1988 – Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 31st July 2021
1741 – Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
1790 – 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
1960 – KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
1966 – Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon’s anti-Jesus remark
1976 – Seychelles Independence (Independence day)
1980 – Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
1988 – Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-21 in the American Bowl at London’s Wembley Stadium
1990 – Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan records his 300th career victory, an 11-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; 20th MLB pitcher to reach the milestone
1990 – Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence
1992 – Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die
Historical Events for 30th July 2021
657 – St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I
1909 – French chemist Eugène Schueller founds L’Oréal with his new range of hair dyes
1916 – German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey
1973 – Texas Rangers Jim Bibby no-hits 1st-place Oakland, 6-0
1975 – 7th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1983 – Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California
1988 – King Hussein dissolves Jordan’s House of Representatives
1989 – Chile amends its constitution
1995 – Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v WI
2018 – Official Malaysian investigation into the disappearance of Flight MH370 is unable to determine what happened
Historical Events for 29th July 2021
1014 – Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies
1588 – The Battle of Gravelines – Spanish Armada damaged and scattered by the English fleet
1930 – 115°F (46°C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record)
1932 – Great Depression: in Washington, D.C., U.S. troops disperse the last of the “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans
1935 – International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: 3rd straight GB title as Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey beat Americans Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn 6-2, 1-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
1958 – Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running in San Francisco
1988 – Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989
1990 – 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
1994 – 200,000 Muslims demand the death of feminist writer Taslima Nasrin in Bangladesh
2018 – Tour de France: Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman and only 3rd Briton to win the Tour; beats Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 1′ 51″; Peter Sagan wins green points jersey
Historical Events for 28th July 2021
1708 – Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC
1717 – Prussian king Frederik Willhelm I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs
1904 – Rafael Reyes becomes dictator of Colombia after losing Panama
1912 – 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium
1929 – 24th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2)
1976 – Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph
1984 – 23rd modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles
1988 – Winnie Mandella’s home in Soweto, South Africa, destroyed by arson
1997 – NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
2014 – Linda Ronstadt receives the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony.
Historical Events for 27th July 2021
1714 – British Queen Anne dismisses premier Robert Haley
1920 – 14th Tour de France: Belgian rider Philippe Thys becomes first to win the race 3 times
1928 – Kent cricket leg-spinner Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July
1930 – International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Paris, France: Home team wins 4th straight title as Jean Borotra beats American George Lott 5-7, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6 for unassailable 3-1 lead; ends 4-1
1945 – Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees
1990 – Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
1991 – TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition
1995 – 28th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
1997 – British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on 2nd playoff hole against countryman John Bland
2014 – Obama reaffirms Israel’s “right to defend itself”, but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza
Historical Events for 26th July 2021
1757 – Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats Duke of Cumberland
1805 – Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
1945 – After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes British Prime Minister
1947 – 46th Women’s French Championships: Patricia Todd beats Doris Hart (6-3, 3-6, 6-4)
1957 – Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
1962 – Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba
1970 – Cincinnati Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs off Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton
1983 – Challenger moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida), for mating for STS-8
1984 – Bowie Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of 1984 due to cocaine conviction
2018 – Observation of a black hole by The Very Large Telescope in Chile proves Albert Einstein’s prediction of “gravitational redshift”, published in “Journal Astronomy and Astrophysics”
Historical Events for 25th July 2021
1759 – British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years’ War)
1832 – 1st railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Massachusetts, kills 1
1866 – Ulysses S. Grant named 1st General of Army
1914 – Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park
1943 – Benito Mussolini dismissed as Italian Premier and arrested on the authority of King Victor Emmanuel III
1944 – Operation Cobra: US forces begin major offensive in Normandy with air bombardment
1964 – Beatles’ album “A Hard Day’s Night” goes #1, stays #1 for 14 weeks
1967 – Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway)
1978 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games
1986 – Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India
Historical Events for 24th July 2021
1877 – 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers
1908 – American Johnny Hayes wins London Olympic marathon in Games record 2:55:18.4 after Dorando Pietri of Italy disqualified for receiving assistance before the finish line
1908 – After days of discussion with his ministers, Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey announces he is restoring the liberal constitution of 1876 and will become more responsive to demands of dissidents
1952 – Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
1967 – First modern hospice St Christopher’s founded by Dr. Cicely Saunders in London, England, beginning of modern palliative care and the hospice movement
1994 – Bodo kills 37 Muslims in Bashbari NE India
2002 – James Traficant is expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1
2012 – John Dramani becomes President of Ghana after the death of President John Atta Mills
2013 – 80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2014 – Fuad Masum is elected as the President of Iraq
Historical Events for 23rd July 2021
1888 – John Boyd Dunlop applies to patent pneumatic tire
1964 – Kansas City As’ Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat
1978 – Franklin Bradshaw is murdered in Salt Lake City by his grandson Marc Schreuder at the instigation of his mother Frances Schreuder
1997 – The US State Department rules that Turkey’s agreement to purchase $23 billion worth of natural gas from Iran does not violate the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act
1999 – Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father
2000 – US Open Women’s Golf, Merit Club: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon; third of Webb’s 7 major titles
2008 – Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member.
2016 – Suicide bomb in Kabul kills 80 during a protest march, Islamic State claim responsibility
2017 – 104th Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain, his 4th win
2020 – US President Trump says he could send 75,000 federal agents to deal with violence in American cities like Portland, drawing backlash