On This Day

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Historical Events on July 7



1777 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton

1802  1st comic book "The Wasp" is published in Hudson, New York criticizing Republican politicians

1861  Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia

1862  Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land

1863  1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)


1875  Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri

Outlaw
Jesse James

1891  Marcellus F. Berry, an American Express employee is granted four copyrights for what he called "the travelers cheque"

1905  127°F (53°C), Parker Ariz (state record)

1928  Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.

Inventor
Otto Frederick Rohwedder

1930  Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam

31st US President
Herbert Hoover

1937  Japanese and Chinese troops clash at the Marco Polo Bridge, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War

1941  Nazis execute 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania

1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion

1942  Germany troop march into Woronezj

1943  3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova

1943  iberator bombers sinks U-517

1943  German Submarine U-951 sunk by depth charges, off Cape St. Vincent in the North Atlantic

1944  RAF Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France

1948  6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy

1949  "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967

1950  Korean War: UN Security Council establishes the United Nations Command to combat North Korean forces

1958  President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood

34th US President & WWII General
Dwight D. Eisenhower

1961  James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1967  Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released

1967  Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1

1968  Rock group "Yardbirds" disband

1980  Institution of Sharia law in Iran

1981  Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court

1986  It is reported that Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction

Singer-Songwriter
Boy George

1986  Soviet General and spy for the US Dmitri Polyakov arrested in retirement in Russia (executed 1988)

Soviet General and Cold War Spy
Dmitri Polyakov

1987  Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing

1995  Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), lands

1996  Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), lands

2001  In his first appearance at Daytona since the death of father Dale Earnhardt Sr., Dale Jr. wins Pepsi 400 coming from 7th with 9 laps remaining to beat teammate Michael Waltrip

2002  A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, supposed European Al Qaeda leader

2005  Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700

2005  Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledge to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010

2014  Israel launches a "counter-terrorist operation" dubbed Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza

2016  In Dallas Texas, lone gunman shots and kills five police officers, wounding others during a protest march against fatal police shootings of African Americans

2017  Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3

2017  G-20 summit of world leaders begins in Hamburg, Germany amid violent protests

2017  United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty adopted in New York, without participation of nuclear countries