July 1

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 1. From 1900 until now. July 1 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Diana Princess of Wales (1961), Pamela Anderson (1967) and Liv Tyler (1977). Several movies were released around July 1 over the years, such as Inception in 2010 directed by Christopher Nolan and Come and See in 1985 directed by Elem Klimov.
But much more happened on July 1 over the years: find out below

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Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day) - national holiday of Canada. Moving Day in the province of QuTbec
1899 - Indiana Jones's birthday.
In Bulgaria, there is a tradition called July Morning dating from the hippy period in 1980s and maybe as far back as the 1970s. Young (and not so young) people from all over the country travel (often hitchhike) to the Black Sea coast to meet the first sun rays on the 1st of July. Naturally Uriah Heep's July Morning is the main refrain. Although the tradition is linked to the hippy movement in America, it is still popular in Bulgaria. Strangely, it seems that there is no such tradition in other
Surinam Keti Koti (Breaking of Chains) Day of Liberty; On July 1, 1863 slavery was abolished.
Memorial Day in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day.
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2019 War in Afghanistan; 1 July 2019 Kabul attack: 40 people are killed and over 100 injured by a car bombing and shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban claims responsibility and loses five gunmen. (New York Times)Taliban militants overran the Qush Tepa district of Jowzjan Province, resulting in the deaths of over 50 Afghan soldiers. Many others were captured. (ATNNews)
2018 A bus skids off a mountain road into a 700-foot (210 m)–deep ravine in Uttarakhand, India, killing at least 48 people. (Sky News)
2017 Death and funeral of Helmut Kohl: World leaders such as Bill Clinton, Emmanuel Macron, Theresa May, Dmitry Medvedev and Angela Merkel attend the memorial service for the former West German leader Helmut Kohl. (Fox News), (The Independent)
2016 2016 Gulshan attack: Gunmen storm a restaurant, exchange fire with security, and take at least twenty hostages in the Gulshan neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Two policemen are killed. The Islamic State claims responsibility. (ABC News) (CNN) (USA Today)
2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): Shells fired by Houthi forces have killed at least 18 people near the southern port city of Aden, meanwhile United Nations officials have warned that a deadly dengue fever outbreak is rapidly gaining pace in the war-torn country. (Reuters)
2014 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine: The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko states that the Ukraine government's forces will resume offensive operations against pro-Russian rebels. (Reuters)
2013 Demonstrations across Egypt gather about 15 million people nationwide calling for the resignation of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. (The Atlantic)
2012 Syrian uprising (2011–present):
2011 The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights claims the Congo government troops raped 121 women between June 11 and 13 then pillaged their villages. (AP via ''The Washington Post'')
2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
2009 Shares of American International Group drop 22 percent, following shareholder approval of a 1-for-20 reverse stock split, and after the New York Stock Exchange accidentally announced the suspension and delisting of the stock.
2008 The Starbucks coffee company announces it will close an additional 500 stores in the USA, on top of 100 already announced.
2007 Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
2006 The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China.
2005 Iraq's ambassador to the UN, Samir Sumaidaie, accuses U.S. Marines of the "cold-blooded murder" of his 21-year-old cousin during a June 25 raid of his home in Al Anbar province. (Reuters)
2004 Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
2003 Over 500,000 people protested against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
2002 A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71.
2001 Alliant International University is formed by combining of United States International University and ...
2000 The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
1999 The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield
1996 Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind
1995 Kiss of the Spider Woman closes at Broadhurst NYC after 906 performances
1994 Roman Herzog sworn in as German President
1993 1 second is added to the clock
1992 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles
1991 The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
1990 11th US Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino
1989 Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad
1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by Senate
1986 CSX Transportation is established.
1985 The Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons enters into force.
1984 Baby closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 241 performances
1983 A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1981 NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen
1980 Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo, Norway.
1979 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6 of snow
1978 Act closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 233 performances
1977 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61)
1976 Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black President of US Conference of Mayors
1975 Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1974 1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens (San Francisco)
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 711 performances
1972 Follies closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 524 performances
1971 British and Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
1970 Denny McLain returns, (leaves trailiing) Tigers beat Yankees in 11
1969 John andYoko are hospitalized after a car crash
1968 Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard
1967 Funny Girl closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 performances
1966 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64)
1965 KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 President Kennedy arrives in Rome
1962 Algeria votes for independence
1961 KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1960 British Somaliland becomes Somalia
1959 Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany
1958 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
1957 WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield / Keene / Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
1956 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1955 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61)
1954 WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1950 Lost in the Stars closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 performances
1949 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64)
1948 Bradman scores 128 Australia vs. Surrey, 141 mins, 15 fours
1947 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched
1946 Rajah cedes Sarawak to British crown
1945 1st of the superstars returns from the WWII, Hank Greenberg homers
1944 2500+ killed in London / SE England by German flying bombs
1943 Pay-as-you-go - 1st withholding tax from paychecks
1942 German troops conquer Sebastopol
1941 WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
1938 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63)
1937 Britian begins using an emergency phone number (999)
1936 AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
1935 General Neth Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam
1934 First x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York.
1933 The London Passenger Transport Board is founded.
1932 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61)
1931 Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed
1930 Great-Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq
1929 US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates Popeye
1927 The Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration (FDIA) is established.
1926 Canada restores gold standard
1925 New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1924 Light Brigade forms
1923 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Massachusetts)
1922 Congress extends national bank charters by 99 years.
1921 The Communist Party of China is founded.
1920 Germany declares its neutrality in the war between Poland and Soviet Russia.
1919 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents
1917 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
1916 British court martial (Easter uprising)
1915 Australian Survey Corps becomes part of the Military Forces.
1913 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria
1911 German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco
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