
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 La tercera palabra in 1956 directed by Julián Soler and Somebody Up There Likes Me in 1956 directed by Robert Wise.
But much more happened on July 1 over the years: find out below
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around July 1 over the years?
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of July 1?
Holidays
- 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.
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Events
- 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)
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Famous Birthday
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Famous Deaths
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of July 1 over the years?
Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito
- 2016 Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla - One Dance
- 2015 Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again
- 2014 Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX - Fancy
- 2013 Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
- 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
- 2011 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
- 2010 Katy Perry - California Gurls
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2009
The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
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2008
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
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Top #1 Rock songs
- 2017 Imagine Dragons - Believer
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Ride
- 2015 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance
- 2014 Paramore - Ain't It Fun
- 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- 2012 Linkin Park - Burn It Down
- 2011 Foo Fighters - Rope
- 2010 Three Days Grace - The Good Life
- 2009 Linkin Park - New Divide
Books
Which were the most popular books released around July 1 over the years?
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