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
Category: Historical Events
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”
Historical Events for 2nd July 2025
1969 – American guitarist Leslie West and producer, bassist Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
1971 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1986 – General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile
2000 – UEFA European Championship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy
2005 – Live 8 concert at Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; performers include Neil Young, Bryan Adams; The Tragically Hip; Motley Crue; Gordon Lightfoot; Deep Purple, and Bruce Cockburn
2006 – Michael Schumacher wins US F1 Grand Prix for the 5th time, 1st driver in any series to win 5 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2012 – Monsoon rain in East India kills at least 79 people and leaves 2.2 million homeless
2016 – Large lorry bomb in Baghdad kills at least 125 people and wounds 150, Islamic State claims responsibility
2019 – Virginie Viard presents her first haute couture collection as designer at Chanel after the death of Karl Lagerfeld at the Grand Palais
2022 – Largest ever exhibition on African fashion “Africa Fashion” opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Historical Events for 1st July 2025
1776 – 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain’s North American colonies
1867 – The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister
1889 – Frederick Douglass named US Minister to Haiti
1908 – “SOS” (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal becomes the worldwide standard for help
1920 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: French superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to complete a sweep after taking the women’s and mixed doubles titles
1920 – St Louis Cardinals become tenants of their AL rival St Louis Browns, as they abandon Robison Field midway through the MLB season and return to Sportsman’s Park
1955 – KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1971 – Debt raised to build San Franisco’s Golden Gate Bridge paid off
1978 – John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical “The Act”, starring Liza Minnelli and directed by Martin Scorsese closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 233 performances
2022 – Germany and Nigeria have signed an agreement to return ownership of more than 1,000 Benin Bronzes, looted during colonial times, back to Nigeria
Historical Events for 30th June 2025
1722 – Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI’s Pragmatic Sanctions – to recognise his daughters as his heirs
1794 – Seige of Fort Recovery, Ohio, Anglo American army holds off an attack on the fort by an Indian confederacy
1871 – Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms
1896 – William S. Hadaway patents an electric stove in the US
1944 – Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea
1956 – Vladimir Lenin’s politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
1968 – Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 seats
1985 – LA Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 HRs in June
1994 – Giants outfielder Darren Lewis errors after record 392 flawless games
2005 – Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.
Historical Events for 29th June 2025
922 – Kingdom of the West Franks crowns Robert I as King of West Francia, after deposing Charles the Simple (Charles III)
1858 – Great fire in London docks
1863 – George Armstrong Custer, aged 23, appointed Union Brigadier General
1931 – Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini)
1940 – Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard
1961 – MLB San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays becomes the 4th player in MLB history with 3 or more home runs twice in one season with a 10th inning blast in Giants 8-7 win over the Phillies in Philadelphia
1991 – 6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif
2001 – Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci (39) becomes a naturalized US citizen at the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma federal courthouse
2017 – Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner apologize and remove t-shirts from sale featuring Tupac Shakur and others, after accused of exploiting their legacies
2022 – Earth records its shortest day ever, 1.59 milliseconds faster than a standard day
Historical Events for 28th June 2025
1651 – Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts
1770 – Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1946 – Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
1977 – Billy Hunter becomes Rangers’ 4th manager in 6 days
1980 – The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
1981 – “Piaf” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 165 performances
1992 – Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
1993 – Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
1996 – Remake of “The Nutty Professor” starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
2005 – A final design for Manhattan’s Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
Historical Events for 27th June 2025
1806 – Buenos Aires captured by British
1906 – The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) established in London with Lord Kelvin as President to standardize electrical units and terms
1931 – Ryder Cup Golf, Scioto CC: Walter Hagen captains his 2nd victorious American team; US wins, 9-3
1933 – Ryder Cup Golf, Southport and Ainsdale GC: Great Britain wins, 6½-5½; GB’s last Cup victory until 1957
1934 – Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1955 – First automobile seat belt legislation enacted, in Illinois
1963 – Billy J Kramer and Dakotas record Lennon-McCartney song “I Call Your Name”
1984 – Fire destroys a set in “A View to a Kill”
1984 – Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
1991 – Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
Historical Events for 26th June 2025
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island
1953 – KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast
1976 – CN Tower opens in Toronto – at 553 metres (1,815 feet), the tallest freestanding structure in the world (surpassed by Dubai’s Burj Khalifa 2009)
2012 – Animated film “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Buenos Aires
2016 – Copa América Final, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Defending champions Chile defeat Argentina, 4-2 on penalty kicks; 0–0 after extra time
2016 – Panama Canal’s third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion
2018 – Quriyat, Oman, registers highest “low” temperature for a day ever recorded of 42.5 degrees
2018 – Polio outbreak confirmed in New Guinea by WHO, 18 years after it was declared free of the disease
2019 – More than 5,000 smuggled turtles discovered in luggage at Kuala Lumpur Airport, Malaysia, bound for India
2020 – New York Times says Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked forces to kill US and coalition troops in Afghanistan