02 Jul 0311
|
event
|
St. Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope
|
|
02 Jul 0437
|
event
|
Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. |
|
02 Jul 0626
|
event
|
Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. |
|
02 Jul 0706
|
event
|
In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. |
|
02 Jul 0963
|
event
|
The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. |
|
02 Jul 1140
|
event
|
Hartbert becomes Bishop of Utrecht
|
|
02 Jul 1214
|
event
|
Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers)
|
|
02 Jul 1214
|
event
|
English King John begins siege around Lille France
|
|
02 Jul 1298
|
event
|
The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. |
|
02 Jul 1494
|
event
|
The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain. |
|
02 Jul 1504
|
event
|
Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia. |
|
02 Jul 1555
|
event
|
The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola. |
|
02 Jul 1561
|
event
|
Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz. |
|
02 Jul 1576
|
event
|
Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea
|
|
02 Jul 1582
|
event
|
Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide. |
|
02 Jul 1600
|
event
|
Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army
|
|
02 Jul 1613
|
event
|
The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place. |
|
02 Jul 1644
|
event
|
Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists
|
|
02 Jul 1644
|
event
|
English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. |
|
02 Jul 1679
|
event
|
Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth. |
|
02 Jul 1681
|
event
|
Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason
|
|
02 Jul 1687
|
event
|
King James II disbands English parliament
|
|
02 Jul 1698
|
event
|
Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. |
|
02 Jul 1776
|
event
|
Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be Free & Independent States"
|
|
02 Jul 1776
|
event
|
The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4. |
|
02 Jul 1777
|
event
|
Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery
|
|
02 Jul 1777
|
event
|
Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery. |
|
02 Jul 1787
|
event
|
De Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered
|
|
02 Jul 1794
|
event
|
2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria
|
|
02 Jul 1808
|
event
|
Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam
|
|
02 Jul 1816
|
event
|
The French frigate Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board had to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting Raft of the Medusa. |
|
02 Jul 1822
|
event
|
Thirty-five slaves are hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion. |
|
02 Jul 1823
|
event
|
Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. |
|
02 Jul 1839
|
event
|
Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad. |
|
02 Jul 1839
|
event
|
Abdülmecid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. |
|
02 Jul 1843
|
event
|
An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm
|
|
02 Jul 1847
|
event
|
Envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps, still exists today
|
|
02 Jul 1849
|
event
|
Garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike
|
|
02 Jul 1850
|
event
|
Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
|
|
02 Jul 1853
|
event
|
The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War. |
|
02 Jul 1858
|
event
|
Partial emancipation of Russian serfs
|
|
02 Jul 1862
|
event
|
Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges
|
|
02 Jul 1863
|
event
|
Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)
|
|
02 Jul 1864
|
event
|
Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington DC
|
|
02 Jul 1864
|
event
|
Statuary Hall in US Capitol forms
|
|
02 Jul 1865
|
event
|
William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation)
|
|
02 Jul 1867
|
event
|
1st US elevated railroad begins service, New York City
|
|
02 Jul 1871
|
event
|
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. |
|
02 Jul 1881
|
event
|
President Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker
|
|
02 Jul 1881
|
event
|
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19. |
|
02 Jul 1890
|
event
|
The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. |
|
02 Jul 1894
|
event
|
Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers
|
|
02 Jul 1897
|
event
|
Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London. |
|
02 Jul 1900
|
event
|
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies
|
|
02 Jul 1900
|
event
|
The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. |
|
02 Jul 1901
|
event
|
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana
|
|
02 Jul 1902
|
event
|
John J McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years)
|
|
02 Jul 1903
|
event
|
AL / NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later
|
|
02 Jul 1903
|
event
|
Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 Son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs
|
|
02 Jul 1906
|
event
|
Yanks win by forfeit, for their 1st time
|
|
02 Jul 1916
|
event
|
Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism
|
|
02 Jul 1916
|
event
|
Russian offensive in Armenia
|
|
02 Jul 1917
|
event
|
Riots in East St. Louis, Missouri
|
|
02 Jul 1917
|
event
|
The East St. Louis Riots end. |
|
02 Jul 1921
|
event
|
41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75)
|
|
02 Jul 1921
|
event
|
World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany. |
|
02 Jul 1926
|
event
|
US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized
|
|
02 Jul 1927
|
event
|
40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64)
|
|
02 Jul 1928
|
event
|
British parliament accept female sufferage
|
|
02 Jul 1932
|
event
|
52nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ellsworth Vines beats H Austin (64 62 60)
|
|
02 Jul 1932
|
event
|
FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
|
|
02 Jul 1933
|
event
|
Carl Hubbell shuts-out Cards 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk
|
|
02 Jul 1934
|
event
|
The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm. |
|
02 Jul 1935
|
event
|
Great Britain boxers beat US team in 1st International Golden Gloves
|
|
02 Jul 1937
|
event
|
57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62)
|
|
02 Jul 1937
|
event
|
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean
|
|
02 Jul 1937
|
event
|
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. |
|
02 Jul 1938
|
event
|
51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60)
|
|
02 Jul 1940
|
event
|
Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)
|
|
02 Jul 1940
|
event
|
Hitler orders invasion of England
|
|
02 Jul 1940
|
event
|
Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
|
|
02 Jul 1940
|
event
|
Prime Minister Churchill meets General Major B Montgomery
|
|
02 Jul 1940
|
event
|
Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta. |
|
02 Jul 1941
|
event
|
Earthquake hits Palestine
|
|
02 Jul 1941
|
event
|
Nazi mass murder in Lvov / Lemberg (7,000 dead)
|
|
02 Jul 1943
|
event
|
Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126
|
|
02 Jul 1943
|
event
|
Indians score 12 runs in 4th inning and beat Yankees 12-0
|
|
02 Jul 1943
|
event
|
Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane
|
|
02 Jul 1944
|
event
|
Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt
|
|
02 Jul 1946
|
event
|
Dutch Beel government forms
|
|
02 Jul 1946
|
event
|
Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam
|
|
02 Jul 1947
|
event
|
Military coup discovered in France
|
|
02 Jul 1948
|
event
|
62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75)
|
|
02 Jul 1949
|
event
|
"High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 performances
|
|
02 Jul 1949
|
event
|
56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8)
|
|
02 Jul 1950
|
event
|
Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit
|
|
02 Jul 1950
|
event
|
The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down. |
|
02 Jul 1951
|
event
|
Bill Veeck buys St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt
|
|
02 Jul 1951
|
event
|
Bob and Ray show premieres on NBC radio
|
|
02 Jul 1951
|
event
|
Hugo Yarnold stumps 6 at Dundee, Worcester vs. Scotland
|
|
02 Jul 1951
|
event
|
Island advisor of Curacao installed
|
|
02 Jul 1951
|
event
|
Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system
|
|
02 Jul 1952
|
event
|
Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
|
|
02 Jul 1952
|
event
|
Zulu-leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi marries Irene Mzila
|
|
02 Jul 1954
|
event
|
68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97)
|
|
02 Jul 1954
|
event
|
Denis Compton scores 278 in 290 minutes vs. Pakistan
|
|
02 Jul 1955
|
event
|
"7th Heaven" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 44 performances
|
|
02 Jul 1955
|
event
|
"Almost Crazy" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 16 performances
|
|
02 Jul 1955
|
event
|
"Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC
|
|
02 Jul 1955
|
event
|
62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86)
|
|
02 Jul 1955
|
event
|
Desmond Tutu marries Leah Nomalizo Shinxani
|
|
02 Jul 1957
|
event
|
1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
|
|
02 Jul 1959
|
event
|
"Plan 9 From Outer Space, " one of the worse films ever, premieres
|
|
02 Jul 1959
|
event
|
Prince Albert marries Princess Paola in Brussels
|
|
02 Jul 1960
|
event
|
"Once Upon a Mattress" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 460 performances
|
|
02 Jul 1961
|
event
|
Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers
|
|
02 Jul 1962
|
event
|
Fidel Castro visits Moscow
|
|
02 Jul 1962
|
event
|
The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. |
|
02 Jul 1963
|
event
|
Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves), 1-0 in 16 innings
|
|
02 Jul 1964
|
event
|
Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers
|
|
02 Jul 1964
|
event
|
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law
|
|
02 Jul 1964
|
event
|
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. |
|
02 Jul 1965
|
event
|
79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (62 64 64)
|
|
02 Jul 1966
|
event
|
1st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll
|
|
02 Jul 1966
|
event
|
73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61)
|
|
02 Jul 1966
|
event
|
The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific. |
|
02 Jul 1969
|
event
|
Ireland bowl out WI for 25 at Londonderry, win by 9 wkts
|
|
02 Jul 1969
|
event
|
Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
|
|
02 Jul 1970
|
event
|
1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels
|
|
02 Jul 1970
|
event
|
New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days
|
|
02 Jul 1971
|
event
|
78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61)
|
|
02 Jul 1972
|
event
|
"Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 3242 performances
|
|
02 Jul 1972
|
event
|
Bob Seagren pole vaults world record 5.63m
|
|
02 Jul 1972
|
event
|
India and Pakistan sign peace accord
|
|
02 Jul 1973
|
event
|
James R Schlesinger, ends term as 9th Director of CIA
|
|
02 Jul 1973
|
event
|
Nation Black Network begins operation on radio
|
|
02 Jul 1974
|
event
|
Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
|
|
02 Jul 1976
|
event
|
83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86)
|
|
02 Jul 1976
|
event
|
Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam
|
|
02 Jul 1976
|
event
|
Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual
|
|
02 Jul 1976
|
event
|
Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
|
02 Jul 1978
|
event
|
Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start
|
|
02 Jul 1979
|
event
|
Susan B Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman
|
|
02 Jul 1982
|
event
|
Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth
|
|
02 Jul 1983
|
event
|
90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63)
|
|
02 Jul 1985
|
event
|
Andrei Gromyko appointed President of the USSR
|
|
02 Jul 1986
|
event
|
After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year
|
|
02 Jul 1986
|
event
|
General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile
|
|
02 Jul 1986
|
event
|
Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings
|
|
02 Jul 1986
|
event
|
Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana were burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. |
|
02 Jul 1987
|
event
|
Jim Eisenreich, comeback after nervous disorder in 1984
|
|
02 Jul 1988
|
event
|
95th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Navratilova (57 62 61)
|
|
02 Jul 1989
|
event
|
10th US Seniors Golf Open: Orville Moody
|
|
02 Jul 1989
|
event
|
17th du Maurier Golf Classic: Tammie Green
|
|
02 Jul 1990
|
event
|
Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering
|
|
02 Jul 1990
|
event
|
Panic in tunnel of Mecca: 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death
|
|
02 Jul 1992
|
event
|
Braniff Airlines goes out of business
|
|
02 Jul 1993
|
event
|
Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
|
|
02 Jul 1993
|
event
|
F-28 crashes at Sorong Irian Barat, 41 die
|
|
02 Jul 1993
|
event
|
Kansas Royals rename stadium Ewing Kaufman Stadium after founder
|
|
02 Jul 1993
|
event
|
Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36
|
|
02 Jul 1993
|
event
|
New York Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27)
|
|
02 Jul 1993
|
event
|
Pope John Paul II hospitalized for Cat Scan test
|
|
02 Jul 1994
|
event
|
101st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: C Martinez beats Navratilova (64 36 63)
|
|
02 Jul 1994
|
event
|
37 dies in US Air DC-9 crash in North Carolina
|
|
02 Jul 1994
|
event
|
John Wayne Bobbitt and Kristina Elliot arrested for domestic battery
|
|
02 Jul 1994
|
event
|
Richard Johnson takes 10-45 for Middlesex against Derbyshire
|
|
02 Jul 1994
|
event
|
US Air DC-9 crash in NC, 37 killed
|
|
02 Jul 1995
|
event
|
"Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square NYC after 80 performances
|
|
02 Jul 1995
|
event
|
16th US Seniors Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf
|
|
02 Jul 1995
|
event
|
Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
|
|
02 Jul 2000
|
event
|
Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. |
|
02 Jul 2001
|
event
|
The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted. |
|
02 Jul 2002
|
event
|
Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. |
|
02 Jul 2005
|
event
|
The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa, More than 1,000 musicians performed and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. |
|
02 Jul 2013
|
event
|
The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx. |
|