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What happend on 7. July in History
In our data base we found 309 events happened on 7. July:
• 1053: Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129) [category: Births]
• 1119: Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164) [category: Births]
• 1207: Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231) [category: Births]
• 1304: Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240) [category: Deaths]
• 1307: Edward I of England (b. 1239) [category: Deaths]
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• 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death. [category: Events]
• 1520: Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba. [category: Events]
• 1528: Archduchess Anna of Austria (d. 1590) [category: Births]
• 1534: European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick. [category: Events]
• 1537: Madeleine of Valois (b. 1520) [category: Deaths]
• 1543: French troops invade Luxembourg. [category: Events]
• 1572: Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b. 1520) [category: Deaths]
• 1573: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesu and Villa Farnese (b. 1507) [category: Deaths]
• 1575: Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1585: The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France. [category: Events]
• 1586: Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman and art collector (d. 1646) [category: Births]
• 1593: Mohammed Bagayogo, Malian scholar (b. 1523) [category: Deaths]
• 1647: Thomas Hooker, English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (b. 1586) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: Guru Har Krishan, Indian eighth of the eleven Sikh Gurus (d. 1664) [category: Births]
• 1663: Thomas Baltzar, German violinist (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
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• 1701: William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: Henry Compton, English bishop (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1730: Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1690) [category: Deaths]
• 1746: Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor and merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (d. 1834) [category: Births]
• 1764: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1766: Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815) [category: Births]
• 1770: The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place. [category: Events]
• 1776: Jeremiah Markland, English scholar (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1777: American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton. [category: Events]
• 1790: François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the "war". [category: Events]
• 1807: Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition. [category: Events]
• 1816: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Félicien Rops, Belgian artist (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1834: In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began. [category: Events]
• 1843: Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1846: Mexican–American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the U.S. acquisition of California. [category: Events]
• 1848: Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1851: Charles Albert Tindley, American composer (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1855: Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1855: Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1863: United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300. [category: Events]
• 1865: David Herold, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: George Atzerodt, German-American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Lewis Payne, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Mary Surratt, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged. [category: Events]
• 1874: Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1878: Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1887: Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1890: Henri Nestlé, German confectioner and businessman, founder of Nestlé (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1891: Virginia Rappe, American actress (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1892: Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia. [category: Events]
• 1893: Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1898: U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1899: George Cukor, American director (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1900: Earle E. Partridge, American military commander (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1901: Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese director and producer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1901: Sam Katzman, American director and producer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1901: Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1901: Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and centenarian (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1904: Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1906: Anna Marie Hahn, German-American serial killer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1906: Anton Karas, Austrian zither player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1906: Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1906: William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and probabilist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1907: Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1907: Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1908: Revilo P. Oliver, American academic and author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1911: Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian composer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1911: Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1911: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1913: Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1913: Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15. [category: Events]
• 1915: Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities. [category: Events]
• 1915: World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo. [category: Events]
• 1917: Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1919: Jon Pertwee, English actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1920: Bhaktaraj Maharaj, Indian saint (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1921: Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1921: Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1922: Alan Armer, American producer and director (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1922: Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1922: Cathal Brugha, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1925: Gely Korzhev, Russian painter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Wally Phillips, American radio host (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Louvin Brothers) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Doc Severinsen, American composer and trumpeter (The Tonight Show Band) [category: Births]
• 1927: Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Émile Coste, French fencer (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. [category: Events]
• 1929: Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1930: Hank Mobley, American composer and saxophonist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1930: John Little, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1930: Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal [category: Births]
• 1930: Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). [category: Events]
• 1931: David Eddings, American novelist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1932: Joe Zawinul, Austrian-American composer and keyboardist (Weather Report) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Bruce Wells, English boxer and actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1933: David McCullough, American historian and author [category: Births]
• 1933: Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner [category: Births]
• 1936: Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1936: Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer and composer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1937: Tung Chee Hwa, Hong Kong businessman [category: Births]
• 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China. [category: Events]
• 1939: Deacon White, Early American baseball player (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Beatles and Plastic Ono Band) [category: Births]
• 1941: Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist [category: Births]
• 1941: Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach [category: Births]
• 1941: Michael Howard, English politician [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation. [category: Events]
• 1942: Carmen Duncan, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Thomas Xenakis, Greek gymnast (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1943: Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1944: Emanuel Steward, American boxing trainer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1944: Tony Jacklin, English golfer [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan. [category: Events]
• 1945: Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Michael Ancram, English politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Joe Spano, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. [category: Events]
• 1946: Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized. [category: Events]
• 1947: Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat [category: Births]
• 1947: Gyanendra of Nepal [category: Births]
• 1947: Howard Rheingold, American critic and writer [category: Births]
• 1947: Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family, The Blues Band, The Manfreds, and Axis Point) [category: Births]
• 1947: Víctor Manuel, Spanish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1948: Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Shelley Duvall, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Bunk Johnson, American trumpeter (b. 1879 or 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Mando Guerrero, Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1952: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1953: Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. [category: Events]
• 1954: Rami Fortis, Israeli singer (Minimal Compact) [category: Births]
• 1954: Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right." [category: Events]
• 1955: Len Barker, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Fritz Moravec and two other Austrian mountaineers make the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m). [category: Events]
• 1957: Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist (Minimal Compact) [category: Births]
• 1957: Jonathan Dayton, American director [category: Births]
• 1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law. [category: Events]
• 1959: Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1959: Billy Campbell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Jessica Hahn, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere. [category: Events]
• 1960: Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1960: Ralph Sampson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Francis Browne, Irish photographer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Eric Jerome Dickey, American author [category: Births]
• 1963: Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1964: Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1965: Jeremy Kyle, English talk show host [category: Births]
• 1965: Mo Collins, American actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1965: Paula Devicq, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Sam Holbrook, American baseball umpire [category: Births]
• 1965: Moshe Sharett, Ukraine-Israeli politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Gundula Krause, German violinist [category: Births]
• 1966: Jim Gaffigan, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Neil Tobin, American magician and writer [category: Births]
• 1967: Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1967: Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1967: Vivien Leigh, English actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Allen Payne, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Amy Carlson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Jeff VanderMeer, American writer [category: Births]
• 1968: Jorja Fox, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Cree Summer, American singer-songwriter and actress (Subject to Change) [category: Births]
• 1969: Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Nathalie Simard, French-Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1969: Robin Weigert, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Sylke Otto, German luger [category: Births]
• 1970: Erik Zabel, German cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1970: Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer [category: Births]
• 1971: Alistair Potts, English rower [category: Births]
• 1971: Christian Camargo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Kirsten Vangsness, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Lisa Leslie, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1972: Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Talal of Jordan (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Kailash Kher, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1973: Matt Mantei, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Natsuki Takaya, Japanese illustrator [category: Births]
• 1973: Troy Garity, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: E.D.I. Mean, American rapper and producer (Outlawz) [category: Births]
• 1974: Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Michael Voss, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Tony Benshoof, American luger [category: Births]
• 1975: Ruffian, American race horse (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Dominic Foley, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Natasha Collins, English actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1976: Walter Giesler, American football coach (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: D-Loc, American rapper and producer (Kottonmouth Kings and Kingspade) [category: Births]
• 1978: Chris Andersen, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1979: Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter [category: Births]
• 1979: Carl Breeze, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used and The New Transit Direction) [category: Births]
• 1980: Deidre Downs, American model, Miss America 2005 [category: Births]
• 1980: Fyfe Dangerfield, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Guillemots and Senseless Prayer) [category: Births]
• 1980: John Buck, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Kaisa Jouhki, Indonesian singer (Battlelore) [category: Births]
• 1980: Michelle Kwan, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1980: Dore Schary, American writer and producer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre. [category: Events]
• 1980: Institution of sharia in Iran. [category: Events]
• 1981: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1981: Synyster Gates, American singer and musician (Avenged Sevenfold) [category: Births]
• 1981: Peace Pilgrim, American activist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1982: Cassidy, American rapper, producer, and actor (Larsiny Family) [category: Births]
• 1982: George Owu, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Mike Glita, American singer-songwriter and musician (Senses Fail) [category: Births]
• 1982: Nick Karner, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1983: Ciara Newell, Irish singer (Bellefire) [category: Births]
• 1983: Justin Davies, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov. [category: Events]
• 1984: Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Marie-Mai, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler [category: Births]
• 1984: Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Alexander Fu, Hong Kong actor (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Carl Boenish, American BASE jumper and cinematographer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Marc Stein, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Victor A. Galaviz, Underground Chicago Athlete [category: Births]
• 1985: Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17 [category: Events]
• 1986: Ana Kasparian, Armenian-American journalist and producer [category: Births]
• 1986: Udo Schwarz, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Carly Telford, English Female footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Julianna Guill, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Lena Ma, Canadian model, Miss World Canada 2009 [category: Births]
• 1987: Hannelore Schroth, German actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Ilan Rubin, American singer and musician (Angels & Airwaves, Nine Inch Nails, Lostprophets, Denver Harbor, and Fenix TX) [category: Births]
• 1988: Jack Whitehall, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Kaci Brown, American singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Kim Bum, South Korean actor, singer, and model [category: Births]
• 1988: Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1990: Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter and composer (Barão Vermelho) (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: World wide web born when Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN, developed the HyperText Markup Language, which would later be called HTML.[citation needed] [category: Events]
• 1991: Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [category: Events]
• 1992: Toni Garrn, German model [category: Births]
• 1993: Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe officer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Erina Ikuta, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1997: The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1998: Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigerian industrialist and politician (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Julie Campbell Tatham, American writer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Vikram Batra, Indian army officer and Param Vir Chakra recipient (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Princess Purnika of Nepal [category: Births]
• 2000: Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al-Qaeda leader. [category: Events]
• 2003: Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian conductor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter, animator and director (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others. [category: Events]
• 2006: John Money, New Zealand-American sexologist and author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and musician (Pink Floyd and Stars) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Dorian Leigh, American model (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, killing one and injuring 14. [category: Events]
• 2012: Charles E. Roemer, II, American businessman and politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jimmy Tansey, English footballer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mouss Diouf, French-Senegalese actor and comedian (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ralph Raymond Loffmark, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ronaldo Cunha Lima, Brazilian poet and politician (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: At least 171 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Illidius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Job of Maniava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saba Saba Day (Tanzania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tanabata (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Willibald (Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Æthelburg of Faremoutiers [category: Holidays and observances]