What happened on July 7? There are more than 274 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 7
July 7 is the 189th day of the year 2024. There are 177 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 27th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Taft, Texas 78390 sunrise will occur at 06:38 AM and sunset will occur at 08:30 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 206 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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July 7: A Day In History
The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced “Seven-seven”) have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London’s transport system. In China, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Historical Events For July 7
- 1456A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
- 1534European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
- 1543French troops invade Luxembourg.
- 1575Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
- 1585The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
- 1770The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
- 1777American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
- 1798Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the “war”.
- 1807Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.
- 1834In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
- 1846Mexican-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the U.S. acquisition of California.
- 1863United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
- 1865American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
- 1892Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
- 1898U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
- 1911The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
- 1915An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
- 1915Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.
- 1915World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.
- 1928Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
- 1930Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
- 1937Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
- 1941World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
- 1941World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation.
- 1944World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
- 1946Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
- 1946Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
- 1952The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop’s Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
- 1953Ernesto “Che” Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
- 1954Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.”
- 1956Fritz Moravec and two other Austrian mountaineers make the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
- 1958U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
- 1959Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
- 1978The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1980During the Lebanese civil war, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
- 1980Institution of sharia in Iran.
- 1981U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1983Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
- 1985Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17
- 1991Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1997The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
- 2002A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
- 2005A series of four explosions occurs on London’s transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
- 2011Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured.
Who Were Born On July 7?
- 1053Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
- 1119Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
- 1207Princess Elisabeth of Hungary Catholic saint (d. 1231)
- 1528Archduchess Anna of Austria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
- 1586Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman and art collector (d. 1646)
- 1656Guru Har Krishan, Indian religious figure (d. 1664)
- 1746Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)
- 1752Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
- 1766Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
- 1833Félicien Rops, Belgian artist, and printmaker in etching and aquatint (d. 1898)
- 1843Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
- 1848Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919)
- 1851Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (d. 1933)
- 1855Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
- 1860Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
- 1874Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
- 1884Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
- 1887Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985)
- 1891Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general (d. 1945)
- 1891Virginia Rappe, American actress (d. 1921)
- 1893Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
- 1899George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
- 1900Earle E. Partridge, American military commander (d. 1990)
- 1901Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer (d. 1970)
- 1901Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)
- 1901Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
- 1902Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and centenarian (d. 2005)
- 1904Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
- 1906Anna Marie Hahn, German-born American serial killer (d. 1938)
- 1906Anton Karas, Austrian zither player (d. 1985)
- 1906Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1906William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician/probabilist (d. 1970)
- 1907Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1908Revilo P. Oliver, American academic and White nationalism advocate (d. 1994)
- 1911Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian composer (d. 2007)
- 1911Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005)
- 1913Pinetop Perkins, American blues pianist (d. 2011)
- 1915Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander, American novelist and poet (d. 1998)
- 1917Fidel Sánchez Hernández, El Salvador politician (d. 2003)
- 1919Jon Pertwee, English actor (d. 1996)
- 1920Bhaktaraj Maharaj, Indian Hindu figure (d. 1995)
- 1921Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
- 1921Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
- 1922Alan Armer, American television producer, and director (d. 2010)
- 1922Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
- 1924Mary Ford, American singer (d. 1977)
- 1925Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008)
- 1927Carmen Basilio, American boxer
- 1927Charlie Louvin, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2011) (Louvin Brothers)
- 1927Doc Severinsen, American composer and jazz trumpeter
- 1929Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
- 1930Hank Mobley, American jazz composer and saxophonist (d. 1986)
- 1930Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal
- 1931David Eddings, American fantasy novelist (d. 2009)
- 1932Joe Zawinul, Austrian jazz composer and keyboardist (d. 2007)
- 1933Bruce Wells, English boxer and actor (d. 2009)
- 1933David McCullough, American historian and author
- 1933Murray Halberg, New Zealand middle distance runner
- 1936Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971)
- 1936Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980)
- 1937Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
- 1940Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
- 1941Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
- 1941Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1941Michael Howard, British politician
- 1942Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
- 1943Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
- 1943Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
- 1944Tony Jacklin, English golfer
- 1945Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer
- 1945Michael Ancram, British politician
- 1946Joe Spano, American actor
- 1947Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
- 1947Gyanendra, deposed king of Nepal
- 1947Howard Rheingold, American critic and writer
- 1947Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family)
- 1947Víctor Manuel, Spanish songwriter and singer
- 1948Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
- 1949Shelley Duvall, American actress
- 1952Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1954Rami Fortis, Israeli rock singer (Minimal Compact)
- 1955Len Barker, American baseball player
- 1957Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact)
- 1957Jonathan Dayton, American film director
- 1959Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
- 1959Billy Campbell, American actor
- 1959Jessica Hahn, American model
- 1960Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
- 1960Ralph Sampson, American basketball player
- 1963Vonda Shepard, American singer
- 1965Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player
- 1965Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
- 1965Mo Collins, American actress
- 1965Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
- 1965Sam Holbrook, American baseball umpire
- 1966Gundula Krause, German folk violinist
- 1966Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
- 1966Neil Tobin, American magician and psychic entertainer
- 1967Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1967Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
- 1968Allen Payne, American actor
- 1968Amy Carlson, American actress
- 1968Jeff VanderMeer, American writer
- 1968Jorja Fox, American actress
- 1969Cree Summer, American voice actress
- 1969Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969Nathalie Simard, French Canadian singer
- 1969Robin Weigert, American actress
- 1969Sylke Otto, German luger
- 1970Erik Zabel, German cyclist
- 1970Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
- 1970Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
- 1971Alistair Potts, British rower
- 1971Christian Camargo, American actor
- 1972Kirsten Vangsness, American actress
- 1972Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
- 1972Manfred Stohl, Austrian rally driver
- 1973José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
- 1973Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1973Matt Mantei, American baseball player
- 1973Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga artist
- 1973Troy Garity, American actor
- 1974Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer
- 1975Tony Benshoof, American luger
- 1976Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
- 1977D-Loc, American rapper (Kottonmouth Kings)
- 1977Felix Vasquez, American municipal employee
- 1978Chris Andersen, American basketball player
- 1978Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer
- 1979Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
- 1979Carl Breeze, British racing driver
- 1980Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used)
- 1980Deidre Downs, American beauty queen
- 1980John Buck, American baseball player
- 1980Kaisa Jouhki, Indonesian singer (Battlelore)
- 1980Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
- 1981Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
- 1981Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1982Cassidy, American rapper
- 1982George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
- 1982Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail)
- 1982Nick Karner, American filmmaker
- 1983Ciara Newell, Irish singer (Bellefire)
- 1983D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane)
- 1983Justin Davies, Australian rules footballer
- 1984Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer
- 1984Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
- 1984Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
- 1984Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1986Ana Kasparian, American radio personality
- 1986Udo Schwarz, German rugby player
- 1987Julianna Guill, American actress
- 1987Lena Ma, Canadian beauty pageant contestant
- 1988Ilan Rubin, American drummer (Nine Inch Nails)
- 1988Jack Whitehall, British comedian
- 1988Kaci Brown, American singer
- 1988Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player
- 1989Kim Bum, South Korean actor
- 1990Lee Addy, Ghanian football player
- 2000Princess Purnika of Nepal
Who Died On July 7?
- 1304Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
- 1307King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
- 1537Madeleine of Valois, French-born Queen consort of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
- 1572King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b. 1520)
- 1573Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)
- 1647Thomas Hooker, English-born Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
- 1663Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
- 1701William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
- 1713Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and member of the Privy Council of England (b. 1632)
- 1730Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1688 or 1690)
- 1764William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
- 1776Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
- 1790François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)
- 1816Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)
- 1855Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
- 1865David Herold, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842)
- 1865George Atzerodt, German-born conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1833)
- 1865Lewis Payne, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1844)
- 1865Mary Surratt, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first woman ever executed in the USA (b. 1823)
- 1878Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)
- 1890Henri Nestlé, German confectioner and founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)
- 1901Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
- 1913Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b. 1841)
- 1922Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b. 1874)
- 1925Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b. 1871)
- 1927Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846)
- 1930Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859)
- 1932Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880)
- 1932Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1844)
- 1942Thomas Xenakis, Greek gymnast (b. 1875)
- 1949Bunk Johnson, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1879 or 1889)
- 1954Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (b. 1874)
- 1956Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886)
- 1964Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower (b. 1904)
- 1965Moshe Sharett, Ukraine-born 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
- 1967Vivien Leigh, English actress (b. 1913)
- 1968Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1971Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
- 1971Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b. 1901)
- 1972Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1886)
- 1972King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
- 1973Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
- 1973Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919)
- 1975Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)
- 1976Walter Giesler, American football coach (b. 1910)
- 1980Dore Schary, American film producer and writer (b. 1905)
- 1981Peace Pilgrim, American pacifist and activist (b. 1908)
- 1984Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong actor (b. 1954)
- 1984Carl Boenish, American BASE jumping supporter (b. 1941)
- 1987Hannelore Schroth, German actress (b. 1922)
- 1990Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
- 1990Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
- 1993Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (b. 1965)
- 1994Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
- 1994Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe officer (b. 1907)
- 1998M. K. O. Abiola, Nigerian industrialist and politician (b. 1937)
- 1999Captain Vikram Batra, Indian Army officer and Param Vir Chakra recipient (b. 1974)
- 1999Julie Campbell Tatham, American writer (b. 1908)
- 2000Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
- 2001Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2002Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
- 2003Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
- 2003Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter, animator and film director (b. 1923)
- 2006John Money, New Zealand-born American sexologist (b. 1921)
- 2006Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
- 2006Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd) (b. 1946)
- 2008Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter and photographer (b. 1933)
- 2008Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917)
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