Birthdates Which Occur on July 1:
1381 Laurentius Justitianus [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint
1506 Louis II king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26)
1511 Hadrianus Junius [Adriaen de Jonghe], medical/historian/humanist
1534 Frederik II King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88)
1560 Charles van Cro˜ prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot
1586 Claudio Saracini composer
1646 G W Leibniz German mathematician/philosopher; postulated monads
1663 Franz Xaver Murschhauser composer
1688 Johann Ludwig Steiner composer
1723 Pedro R de Campomanes Spanish economist/historian/literary
1735 James Lyon composer
1742 Georg C Lichtenberg German physicist/writer (types of Lichtenberg)
1764 Georg Christoph Grosheim composer
1788 Jean-Victor Poncelet mathematician, founded projective geometry
1802 Gideon Welles Secy Navy (Union), died in 1878
1804 George Sand France, (female) novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro)
1807 Thomas Green Clemson mining engineer, endowed Clemson University
1810 Walter White secretary (NAACP)
1812 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg Dutch genealogist/heraldicus
1813 Pavel Annenkov Russian lit historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti‰)
1818 Ignaz Semmelweis gynecologist
1833 Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert Bvt Major General (Union Army)
1840 Robert S Ball Irish mathematician/astronomer
1844 Verney L Cameroon English explorer (Tanganyika)
1857 Roger Connor 1st baseman (NY Giants)
1861 Samuel D Riddle horse owner (Man 'o War)
1872 Louis Bl‚riot 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel
1874 Michel H Campen author/critic (Bikoerim)
1879 L‚on Jouhaux France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951)
1881 Piet[er] L Kramer architect (Amsterdam School)
1887 Charles D Brown Iowa, actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)
1892 James M Cain Minneapolis Mn, novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice)
and Jean Lur‡at French painter/carpet designer
1893 Walter Francis White Atlanta Georgia
1896 Pavel G Antokolski Russian poet/director (Syn) [NS]
1898 Andr‚-Marie Charue bishop of Namen Belgium
1899 Charles Laughton England, actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Spartacus)
and Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr fictional character "Indiana Jones"
and Konstant˜n Tsatsos president Greece
19-- Barbara Whinnery Berkeley Calif, actress (Cathy Martin-St Elsewhere)
and Florence Stanley Chicago Ill, actress (Bernice-Barney Miller/Fish)
and Frank Parker actor (Shawn-Days of our Life)
and Griselda Noguera spanish TV actress
and Patty Rhodes XXX actress (LA Boomba)
and Shirley Hemphill Asheville NC, actress (What's Happening)
and Tom Hodges actor (Critters 2)
and Vito Bratta NY, rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction)
1901 Irna Phillips Chicago, created 6 soap operas (Guiding Light)
1902 Billy Wyler director (Ben Hur, Mrs Miniver)
and Jos‚ Luis Sert Spanish/US architect
1903 Amy Johnson British pilot
and Beatrix Lehmann England, actress (Candles at Nine, Staircase)
1906 Edward Lansing Gordon Jr Jackson Miss, long jumper (Olympic-gold-32)
1907 Bill Stern Rochester NY, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights)
1908 Estee Lauder CEO (Estee Lauder's cosmetics)
and Paul Hardy Belgian writer (Best of Painted Furniture)
and Peter Anders German opera singer
1909 Madge Evans Manhattan NYC, TV panelist (Masquerade Party)
1911 Alvino Rey Cleve Ohio, orch leader (King Family)
1912 Ahmad H al-Bakr Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier
and David Brower environmentalist/president Sierra Club
1914 Cristyl Cranz Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
and Magda Gabor Budapest Hungary, actress
1915 Jean Stafford US writer (Boston Adventure, Lion & Carpenter)
and Viscount Leverhulm English large landowner (Unilever)
and Willie Dixon Vicksburg Miss, bassist (Walkin' the Blues)
1916 Olivia de Havilland Tokyo Japan, actress (Adventures of Robin Hood)
1919 Hans Bender German poet
1921 Seretse Khama 1st premier/president of Botswana (Bechuanaland)
1925 Farley Granger San Jose CA, actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask)
1926 Hans Werner Henze Gttersloh Germany, composer (Das Floss Medusa)
1927 Hans Eklund composer
and Ruben Gomez baseball player
1928 Constance Ford US actress (Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World)
and Volker Wangenheim composer
1929 Gerald M Edelman US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
1930 Andreas JAI Bruggeman Dutch mayor of Schipluiden/Leiderdorp
and Imelda Marcos former 1st lady (Philipines)/shoe collector
1931 Leslie Caron Boulogne-Biliancourt France, actr (Lili, Father Goose)
1932 Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], Fort Worth Tx, rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin)
1933 Frank Baumann baseball player
and Peter Walwyn British race horse trainer
1934 Claude Berri Paris France, director (Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Bless‚)
and Jamie Farr Toledo Oh, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH)
and Jean Marsh London England, actress (Dark Places, Eagle has Landed)
and Sydney Pollack Lafayette, director (Tootsie, Presumed Innocent)
1935 James Cotton rocker
1937 Ebrahim I Ebrahim South African ANC'er/Umkhonto we Sizwe-leader
1938 Don Pavletich baseball player
1939 Charles Hatcher (Rep-D-GA, 1981- )
and Delaney Bramlett Okla, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie)
1940 Jack Acker baseball player
and Kenneth Clarke British minister
1941 John Gould British composer/musical comic
and Rod Gilbert Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers)
and Sally Quinn Georgia, CBS newscaster (Morning Show)
and Twyla Tharp Indiana, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe)
1942 Genevieve Bujold Montr‚al, actress (King of Hearts, Choose Me)
and Karen Black [Ziegler], Park Ridge Ill, (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx)
and William Carney (Rep-R-NY, 1979-86)
1945 Deborah Harry Miami Fla, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass)
1946 June Montiero US, vocalist (Toys-A Lover's Concerto)
and Ron Silver NYC, actor (Gary-Rhoda, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends)
1947 Marc Benno rocker
1951 Daryl Anderson Seattle, actor (Animal-Lou Grant)
and Fred Schneider Newark Ga, vocalist/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster)
and Trevor Eve Wales, actor (Shadow Chasers)
1952 Dan Aykroyd Ottawa Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet)
1953 Henry Percy 11th duke of Northumberland, godchild of Elizabeth II
1955 Keith Whitley Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes)
1956 Bill Caudill baseball player
and Lorna Patterson Whittier Calif, actress (Airplane, Pvt Benjamin)
1958 Nancy Lieberman Bkln NY, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1976)
1960 Evelyn "Champagne" King Bronx NY, disco singer (Shame, I'm in Love)
and Mike Fitzgerald baseball player
1961 Diana Frances Spencer Sandringham England, Princess of Wales
and [Fred] Carlton Lewis Birmingham Al, track star (Oly-gold-84, 88, 92)
1963 Nancy Leiberman great woman basketball player
and Roddy Bottum LA Calif, rock keyboardist (Faith No More-Real Thing)
1964 Mike Twardoski baseball player
and Poi Burton rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1966 Liv Tyler NYC, daughter of Todd Rundgren
and Patrick McEnroe Manhasset NY, tennis star
1967 Pamela Anderson Ladysmith BC, playmate (Feb, 1990)/(Home Improvement)
and Pat Rapp baseball player
1976 Patrick Kluivert soccer player (Ajax)
Deaths Which Occured July 1:
1378 Jan I V van Arkel bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies
1523 Hendrik Voes Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
John of Esschen Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake
1589 Christophe Plantin French/Belgian book publisher, dies
1592 Marc A Ingegneri Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies
1627 Nathaniel Bacon English painter, dies at 41
1662 Simon Ives composer, dies at 61
1691 Marc'Antonio Pasqualini composer, dies at 77
1723 Willem van de Pose gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
1742 Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky Czech monk/composer, dies at 58
1774 Henry Fox 1st baron Holland/English minister/paymaster, dies at 68
1776 Francis Salvador 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham does at 52
1784 Wilhelm Friedmann Bach composer (Sinfonias 64), dies at 73
1805 Georg Ritschel composer, dies at 60
1839 Mahmud II sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
1847 George F Kersting German painter, dies at 61
1863 John Fulton Reynolds Union general-major, dies in battle at 42
1883 Manuel Gregorio Tavarez composer, dies at 39
1885 Hermann von Fehling German chemist (Fehling's reagens), dies at 73
1894 Julius PJA van Nyevelt Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 77
1896 Harriet Beecher Stowe US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85
1910 Marius Petipa Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
1922 Giovanni Verga Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies
1925 Erik Alfred Leslie Satie French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
John P Veth painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian, dies
1939 Louis Davids [Simon David] cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
1943 Auguste Reitsma Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed
C Bakker Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
C L Barentsen Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
Coos Hartogh Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
Cor Roos Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
Henri Halberstadt Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
Johan Brouwer hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed
Karl Gr”ger Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
Koen Limperg Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
Sam Bloemgarten Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
Willem Arondeus Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
Willem Brouwer Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1944 Carl Mayer dies of Cancer
1947 Clarence Lucas composer, dies at 80
1949 Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
1950 Edward Faber Schneider composer, dies at 77
Eliel Saarinen Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76
1953 Azzedine Bey Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
Jacob D du Toit [Totius] South African poet/theologist, dies
1958 Apie [Adrian P] Prince writer (I go my eige job), dies
Harry Nicholls Holmes Dr (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78
Rudolf von Laban Czech/German choeographer (modern dance), dies
1963 Camille Chautemps premier France, dies
1964 Pierre Monteux French/US conductor (Concert worker), dies at 89
1965 Claude Thornhill composer, dies at 55
1968 Virginia Weidler actress (All This & Heaven Too), dies at 42
1973 Mario La Broca composer, dies at 76
1974 Juan D Per¢n president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
1979 Richard Ward actor (Beacon Hill), dies at 64
1980 Charles Percy Snow British writer (Friends & Associates), dies at 75
1981 George Voskovec actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76
1982 John Everett Watts composer, dies at 51
Shon Coco Palm [Jacobo JM Palm], Cura‡an, composer, dies
Vera [A Veronica] Bondam actress, dies at 86
1983 R Buckminster Fuller inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87
1986 Roy Poole actor (Winds of War), dies at 62
1988 Hellmuth Christian Wolff composer, dies at 82
Lex van Delden composer/writer, dies at 68
1989 William Ching actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
1990 Anna Palk actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48
Jurriaan Schrofer graphic designer, dies
1991 Joost Baljeu painter/founder-editor Structure, dies
Michael Landon actor (Bonanza), dies of cancer at 54
1992 Franco Cristaldi Italian producer (Amarcord), dies
1994 Johanna Ader-Appels resistance fighter/author, dies
1995 Wolfman Jack disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
Holidays Which Occur July 1:
Bangladesh, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iraq, Taiwan Bank Holiday
Benin Independence day (1960)
British Virgin Islands Territory Day
Burundi, Rwanda Independence Day (1962)
Canada Dominion Day/Canada Day (except Sunday) (1867)
Ghana Republic Day (1960)
Hong Kong « Year Day
Ireland Pilgrimage to Shrine of Blessed Oliver Plunkett
Somalia Union Day/Foundation Day (1960)
Suriname Freedom Day/Labour Day/Day of Unity/Emancipation
Turkey Navy & Merchant Marine Day
0704 US Honor America Days
0714 Czechoslovakia St†znice Folk Festival
Religious Observances on July 1:
Luth Commem of Catherine Winkworth, John Neale, hymnwriters
Old RC Feast of Precious Blood of Jesus
RC Rombout, Romualdus, Irish hermit/patron of Mechelen
RC Theobald, hermit
1681 RC Comm of St Oliver Plunkett, Irish martyr/theologian/primate
Things to Remember for July 1:
Baked Beans-Hot Dog-Ice Cream-Hitch Hiking Month
Flowers-water lily & larkspur Gem-ruby
Park & Recreation Month-National Picnic Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Quintilis
[US] American Stamp Day (1847)
[Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cameroon,] Fiscal Year begins
[Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands,] Fiscal Year begins
[Dominica, Egypt, Gambia, Gibraltar, Kenya,] Fiscal Year begins
[Kuwait, Laos, Mauritius, Nauru, New Zealand,] Fiscal Year begins
[Norfolk Island, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Senegal,] Fiscal Year begins
[Sierra Leone, St Vincent & Genadines, Sudan,] Fiscal Year begins
[Sweden, Tanzania, Tonga, Uganda, Zimbabwe] Fiscal Year begins
20 Days Astrological sign: Cancer
Highlights in History Which Occur July 1:
69 Bataafs nobleman Gaius Julius Civilis proclaimed emperor of Syria
70 Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem
649 Pope Martinus I elected to succeed Theodore I
1097 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea
1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice
1252 King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castili‰/Le¢n crowned
1253 Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gw˜de van Dampierre
1347 Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha to daughter of Jan III
1390 French & Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates
1517 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands
and Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal
1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason
1543 England & Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich
1569 Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
1600 Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders Neth
1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)
1674 Spain, France & Netherlands form Triple Alliance
1689 Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan
1690 Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army
Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman
and Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland
1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle
1747 Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army
1776 1st vote on Declaration of Independence
1795 John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court
1798 Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
1810 Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands
1816 Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of G‚ricault's "Raft of the Medusa"
1820 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published"
1823 United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico
1831 Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole
1839 Abdl-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey
1847 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5› Franklin & 10› Washington, NYC
and K L Hencke discovers asteroid #6 Hebe
1850 At least 626 ships lie at anchor around SF Bay
1858 1st Canadian coins minted (1›, 5›, 10› & 20›)
1859 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32
and Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF
and War Dept decrees the KA & TN are to be canvassed for volunteers
1862 Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confed superior power driven out
and Battle of Malvern Hill, VA (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)
and Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah
and Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill
and Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books
and Lincoln appoints Isaac Newton sec of agriculture-no kidding!
(Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583
and Battle of Holly Spring, MS
and Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance,
and tobacco & on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)
1863 -2] Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia
and Battle of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee's northward advance halted
and Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3›/« oz
and Slavery abolished in Suriname & Netherlands Antilles
1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS---
1867 Dominion of Canada forms (New Bruns, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Qu‚bec)
1869 Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed
and US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens
1870 James W Smith of SC is 1st black to enter West Point
1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada
1873 Henry Flipper of Ga is 2nd black to enter West Point
and Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
1874 1st US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000
and First Chamber accept law against child labor
1875 Universal Postal Union established
1877 1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published
1878 Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization
1879 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples
1881 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St Stephen, NB
and US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri opens
1883 ANWB forms in Utrecht
1884 V Knorre discovers asteroid #238 Hypatia
1889 Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti
and US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens
1890 Great-Britain & Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty
1893 SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
1896 Harbor of Ymuiden opens
and Wilfrid Laurel sworn in as 1st French speaking premier
1897 Bronx acquires Hutton Square
1898 Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill
1899 Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels
and SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (BG)
1903 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
1904 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis
1910 Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
and Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
1911 German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco
and Proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins
1913 Serbia & Greece declare war on Bulgaria
1915 Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
and Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces
1916 Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines
and British court martial (Easter uprising)
and Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market
and Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary `Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
and General Douglas Haig: "The one are in splendid spirits"
1917 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
and Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)
and Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates
1919 1st class postage drops from 3› to 2›
and Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen
1920 Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
1923 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass)
1924 Light Brigade forms
and Through regular transcontinental airmail service forms, NYC-SF
1925 NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
and SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election
and Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK
1926 Canada restores gold standard
1929 US Immigration law of 1924 in effect
and US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye"
1930 Great-Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq
1931 Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed
and Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15›
and Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs
and Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)
1932 Helen Moody wins Wimbledon
and NY Gov FDR nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago
and NY newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt
1933 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1590 Tsiolkovskaja
and German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work
and Strauss & von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden
1934 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY
1935 General Neth Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam
1936 AVRO-studio in Hilversum opens
and Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam
1937 Britian begins using an emergency phone number (999)
and Rev Martin Niem”ller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany
and Spanish bishops support Franco & fascists
1938 J Donald Budge wins Wimbledon tennis championship
1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
1941 1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC
and Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
and Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
and WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
and WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in NYC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1942 German troops conquer Sebastopol
1943 1st withholding tax from paychecks
1944 2500+ killed in London/SE England by German flying bombs
and Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank
and Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel
and General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy
and US headquarter moves to ColombiŠres Normandy
and Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!"
1945 Allies troop land on Balikpapan
1946 Rajah cedes Sarawak to British crown
and US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)
1947 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched
and Brit Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office
1948 NYC subway fare goes to 10›, bus fare to 7› & combo fare at 12›
1949 Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France
and Ted Schroeder wins Wimbledon
and WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
and WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 1st US ground troops in Korea
and NYC bus fare rises to 10› equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15›
and WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Cleve Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Det Tigers, 2-1
1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
and KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
and KWCH TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
and Tony Trabert wins Wimbledon
1956 Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show
and Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan
1957 International Geophysical Year begins (until Dec 31, 1958)
and WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast
1959 Heinrich Lbke elected pres of West-Germany
and Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany
and WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting
and World Refugee Year begins
1960 Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel
and British Somaliland becomes Somalia
and Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba
and Ghana becomes a republic
and Italian Somaliland gains independence, unites with Somali Republic
and No passports needed inside Benelux
and USSR shoots down US RB-47 reconnaissance plane
1961 Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii
and KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast
and Mickey Wright beats Betsy Rawls to win US Women's Golf Open
1962 Algeria agrees to independence
and Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
1963 Beatles record "She Loves You" & "I'll Get You"
and Pres Kennedy arrives in Rome
and US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code
1965 FC Twente '65 Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
and KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
and Kinderstraf trial starts
1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
and Explorer 33 launched
and Medicare goes into effect
and VVV soccer team forms in Venlo
1967 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2
and 1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work
and BBC starts their World Radio Club
and Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks
1968 Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard
and John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here)
and US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
and USSR performs underground nuclear test
1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales
and John & Yoko are hospitalized after a car crash
1970 FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht
1971 British & Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
and Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?)
1972 Ms. magazine begins publishing
1973 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1974 1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens (SF)
and General Pinochet becomes president of Chile
and Isabel Per¢n succeeds husband Juan as pres of Argentina
and Monmouthshire renamed Gwent & becomes part of Wales
1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2680
and WEDway People Mover inaugurated
1976 Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of US Conference of Mayors
1977 FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam
and Marlies G”hr runs 100m (10.88 sec)
and Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbledon's woman's singles
1978 Former Pres Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974
and Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
1979 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow
1980 Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
1981 Laurel Canyon Calif murders (4 die, 1 wounded)
and NEC soccer team forms in N˜megen
and Nell Dunn's "Steaming," premieres in London
and Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam
and Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3
1982 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
and ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
and Cal Ripken's 1st game
and Challenger moves overland to Dryden
and General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina
and Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched
and Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NY MSG
and PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells
1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in Oct by senate
and NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
and WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD)
replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
1989 Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad
and NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF
and Yanks beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after
game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play
1990 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo
and Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0
and Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht
and FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells
and German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency
and In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal
1992 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles
and Ali Kafi becomes president of Algeria
and Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming
1993 1 second is added to the clock
and Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit
and STS-57 (Endeavour) lands
and Soyuz TM-17 launches
1994 Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed)
and Roman Herzog sworn in as German president
and Soyuz TM-19 launches
and Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip
1996 Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera
1997 UK returns Hong Kong to China
Your Special Reminders for July 1:
182nd day of year with 183 days left (Numerology = 8)
and 1901 100øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1943 52øF lowest temperature for July in NYC
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