1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River
1894 – Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike
1945 – Abbott and Costello’s film “The Naughty Nineties” released featuring longest version of their “Who’s on First” routine
1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union
1956 – MLB Commissioner Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honour baseball’s outstanding pitcher of the season
1959 – LPGA Championship, Sheraton Hotel CC: Betsy Rawls wins by 1 stroke from Patty Berg
1979 – IRA bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp
2006 – Nathu La mountain pass between India and China reopened after 44 years
2013 – 14 people are killed after a train runs over a rickshaw in Sheikhupura, Pakistan
2016 – South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to 6 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 5th July 2018
1750 – Slave revolt on Curacao
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
1932 – António de Oliveira Salazar becomes the premier and dictator of Portugal (1932-1968), founding the authoritarian Estado Novo (New State) regime
1937 – NY Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio hits 20th HR of the season but 1st career grand slam in 8-4 win vs Boston Red Sox
1946 – British Golf Open, St Andrews: Sam Snead beats Johnny Bulla and Bobby Locke by 4 strokes
1950 – US forces enter combat in the Korean War for the first time, in the Battle of Osan
1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1968 – John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
1994 – “Cracked Rear View” debut album by Hootie and the Blowfish is released
2008 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Venus Williams successfully defends her title beating younger sister Serena 7-5, 6-4
Historical Events for 4th July 2018
1802 – The 1st US Military Academy at West Point opens
1910 – The US Congress pass the Mann-Elkins Act, an important piece of railroad reform legislation
1942 – US air offensive against nazi-Germany begins
1956 – US most intense rain fall (1.23″ in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
1958 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ashley Cooper wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating Neale Fraser 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11
1966 – LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
1969 – The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.
1982 – Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning
1989 – 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide
2001 – In a world record fee for a soccer goalkeeper, Juventus signed Parma’s Gianluigi Buffon in a £32.5m deal including midfielder Jonathan Bachini
Historical Events for 3rd July 2018
1630 – Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
1814 – Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada (War of 1812)
1861 – Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from NY
1863 – Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War
1923 – Dockers’ strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
1926 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Frenchman Jean Borotra wins his second Wimbledon singles title 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 over American Howard Kinsey
1951 – PGA Championship, Oakmont GC: Sam Snead beats Walter Burkemo 7 and 6 for his 3rd PGA Championship title
1967 – “News at 10” premieres on British TV
1980 – US Open Senior Golf, Winged Foot: Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina wins inaugural event by 4 shots from William C. Campbell
2001 – At a meeting of its oil ministers, OPEC agrees to maintain current production quotas; ministers indicate that, if Iraqi oil returns to the market, they may cut production in response to maintain their desired level of prices
Historical Events for 2nd July 2018
1140 – Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
1850 – Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
1867 – 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1894 – Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
1900 – Sibelius’ “Finlandia” premieres in Helsinki
1937 – Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear flying over the Pacific Ocean
1948 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 8-6 for the first of 3-straight Wimbledon singles titles
1972 – Two Catholic civilians are shot and killed in Belfast by Loyalist paramilitaries, probably the Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
1993 – Muslim fundamentalists in Sivas, Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
2015 – 62 people are killed after the Kim Nirvana ferry capsizes off the coast of the Philippines
Historical Events for 1st July 2018
1200 – In China, sunglasses are invented
1569 – Latvian Parliament accepts Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
1858 – 1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent)
1862 – Battle of Malvern Hill [Poindexter’s Farm], day 7 of 7 days battles, Union forces repel Confederate attack, Tactical Union victory (US Civil War)
1874 – 1st Chamber accept law against child labor
1897 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Harold Mahony 6-4 6-4 6-3 for the first of 4 titles
1919 – SVV Scheveningen soccer club is established in the Dutch seaside town
1931 – Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents
1955 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen of Denmark 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 for his only Wimbledon success
1961 – KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
Historical Events for 30th June 2018
1690 – Battle of Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Dutch/English fleet
1862 – Battle of Glendale [Frayser’s Farm], day 6 of 7 days battles, Virginia Confederate assault attack (US Civil War)
1933 – US Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise ,Indiana and Salt Lake City Utah closes
1939 – Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde
1940 – “Brenda Starr”, 1st cartoon strip by a woman, begins as a comic-book supplement to Chicago’s Sunday Tribune
1966 – Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour
1969 – Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco
1985 – 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut
1989 – Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup
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)
Historical Events for 29th June 2018
1428 – Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good
1854 – Netherlands allows corporal punishment
1901 – 15th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Elisabeth Moore beats Myrtle McAteer (6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2)
1927 – 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1957 – 12th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1977 – Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
1986 – Moses Mayekiso, former General Secretary of Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and member of South African Communist Party (SACP), detained for a second time, spends months in solitary confinement
1990 – A’s Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays and Dodger’s Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
1997 – Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic
2017 – Vatican treasurer Cardinel George Pell charged with historic sexual offences in Victoria, Australian
Historical Events for 28th June 2018
767 – St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1583 – Duke Frans de Valois returns to France
1935 – Earl Averill’s consecutive-game streak ends at 673
1950 – North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
1954 – 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1962 – Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
1974 – Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1977 – Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1992 – Italian government of Amato forms
2017 – Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
Historical Events for 27th June 2018
1891 – 5th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Mabel Cahill beats Ellen Roosevelt (6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3)
1915 – Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
1959 – 14th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1977 – 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1980 – US revives draft registration
1987 – In South Africa, the Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
1991 – Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
1994 – 118°F (47.8°C) at Lakewood, New Mexico a state record
2003 – The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
2005 – “Bad Day” single is released by Daniel Powter, 1st song to sell 2 million digital copies in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 2006)