1561 – “Trinity Church” (now Saint Basil’s Cathedral) is consecrated in Moscow, Russia
1700 – Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700
1790 – French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state
1918 – Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed
1944 – US government recognizes authority of French General Charles de Gaulle
1953 – KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1962 – Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
1970 – Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
1987 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 11th July 2021
1915 – German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
1916 – Battle of Verdun: Germany launches an offensive on Fort Souville in France but are defeated by artillery and machine gunners
1921 – Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
1955 – Congress authorizes all US currency to say “In God We Trust”
1971 – Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
1984 – 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1987 – Orioles’ Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
1991 – Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
2013 – 30 people are killed in a wave of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
Historical Events for 10th July 2021
1898 – Jean-Baptiste Marchands expedition reaches Fashoda at White Hippo
1911 – 105°F (41°C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record)
1934 – 1st sitting US President to visit South America, FDR in Colombia
1942 – Netherlands government in exile (London) recognizes Soviet Union
1945 – Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of US Navy staff
1972 – Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India
1993 – Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
2011 – British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.
2013 – 40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China
2019 – Earliest evidence of modern humans outside Africa found with 210,000 year old skull from Apidima Cave, southern Greece published in “Nature”
Historical Events for 9th July 2021
1780 – Denmark declares neutrality, joining First League of Armed Neutrality to protect shipping
1815 – King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France
1863 – Union troops enter Port Hudson
1914 – Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth’s contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles
1965 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian Peter Thomson Peter Thomson wins his 5th Claret Jug, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O’Connor Snr
1978 – American Nazi Party holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
1979 – Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
1984 – 12th Century York Minster damaged in lightning storm
1986 – Atlanta’s Dale Murphy doesn’t play ending consecutive streak at 740
2018 – Jeremy Hunt becomes UK Foreign Secretary after Boris Johnson’s resignation
Historical Events for 8th July 2021
1663 – King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1731 – Theologian Jonathan Edwards preaches his sermon “God Glorified in Man’s Dependence” in Boston, later his first published sermon
1776 – Colonel John Nixon gives the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence to an assemblage of citizens in Philadelphia
1853 – Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade
1889 – John L. Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
1928 – Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
1933 – British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Denny Shute beats fellow American Craig Wood by 5 strokes in a 36-hole Saturday playoff to win his only Open title
1935 – 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1995 – NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators
1997 – 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
Historical Events for 7th July 2021
1969 – Canada’s House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
1974 – FIFA World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Striker Gerd Müller scores 43rd minute winner as West Germany beats the Netherlands, 2-1
1987 – Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
1988 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 – New Jersey Devils sign star Russian defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov to NHL contracts despite criticism they are taking North American jobs
1995 – Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), lands
1997 – Tower, Minnesota temperature dips to 24°F
2002 – US Open Women’s Golf, Prairie Dunes CC: Juli Inkster wins her second US title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam; Inkster’s 7th and final major victory
2003 – The United Communist Party of Armenia is formed
2006 – Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner becomes first player in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams before the All-Star break when he homers off Baltimore’s Kris Benson
Historical Events for 6th July 2021
1491 – Opening ceremony of Daitokuji’s Shinju at subtemple
1801 – Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British
1892 – Jose Rizal forms La Liga Filipina in Manila
1898 – US Senate agrees to annex Hawaii
1961 – Portuguese ship explodes near Mozambique, kills 300
1965 – Rock group “Jefferson Airplane” forms
1971 – Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi
1985 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her 6th Wimbledon singles title
2009 – Jadranka Kosor became first female prime minister of Croatia
2019 – Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders win their 10th title with a 19-3 win over Argentina’s Jaguares
Historical Events for 5th July 2021
1813 – War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin
1906 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats May Sutton 6-3, 9-7 for her 3rd of 7 Wimbledon singles titles
1939 – Flash floods kill 79 in Northeast Kentucky
1947 – Cleveland Indians rookie Larry Doby becomes 1st black player in AL when he strikes out in 6-5 loss vs Chicago White Sox
1953 – Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts hurls his 28th consecutive MLB complete game in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh
1963 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American Chuck McKinley wins his only Grand Slam singles title beating Fred Stolle of Australia 9-7, 6-1, 6-4
1969 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Rod Laver beats John Newcombe 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 for the 3rd leg of his Grand Slam
1975 – Cape Verde Islands gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1994 – The United States announces it will no longer accept unrestricted immigration from Haiti
2012 – The Shard, the tallest building in Europe, is opened in London, at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft)
Historical Events for 4th July 2021
1873 – Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens, San Francisco
1883 – Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebraska
1890 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Lena Rice becomes the only Irish female to win at Wimbledon beating May Jacks 6-4, 6-1
1894 – Republic of Hawaii proclaimed, Sanford B Dole as president
1911 – 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
1923 – Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbons on points over 15 hard fought rounds in Shelby, Montana to retain world heavyweight boxing title
1931 – 1st trailside museum opens in Cleveland Metroparks
1942 – 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WWII)
1946 – President Manuel Roxas inaugurated as the 5th President of the Philippines and the first president of the Third Republic at the Independence Grandstand, Manila
2019 – Russian President Vladmir Putin meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican
Historical Events for 3rd July 2021
1720 – Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty
1819 – 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
1845 – Pioneering French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin opens his magic theatre in Paris
1900 – Trying to stem the growing popular resentment, Tsar Nicholas of Russia issues a decree that abolishes the banishment of dissidents and troublemakers to Siberia
1947 – 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
1947 – Soviet Union doesn’t participate in Marshall Plan
1958 – “Andy Williams Show” premieres on ABC (later on CBS and NBC)
1986 – US President Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1988 – Gene Nelson of the Oakland A’s becomes first AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 in 9-8 win over Toronto Blue Jays
2015 – Adelaide Crows Australian Rules Football coach Phil Walsh is murdered by his son Cy at his Somerton Park home