July 1 :
Canada Day (
1867 );
Republic Day in
Ghana (
1960 );
Independence Day in
Rwanda (
1962 )
The burning of van Essen and Vos
July 2
Aftermath of the Jerusalem ramming attack
July 3
Battle of Gettysburg
July 4 :
Republic Day in the Philippines (
1946 );
Independence Day in the United States (
1776 )
The Brazilian cruiser Bahia
July 5 :
Fifth of July in New York
Juvénal Habyarimana
July 6 :
Independence Day in
Malawi (
1964 )
Richard III of England
1483 – The last monarch of the
House of York and the
Plantagenet dynasty ,
Richard III (pictured) , was crowned
King of England .
1916 –
First World War : Russian troops won a victory in the
Battle of Kostiuchnówka , with the
Polish Legions playing a key role on the Austro-Hungarian side.
1941 –
Second World War : After
a three-month siege , the Italian garrison of
Saïo (in modern-day Ethiopia) surrendered to Belgian, British and Ethiopian troops.
1971 – After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian leader
Nicolae Ceaușescu gave a speech on a number of
neo-Stalinist and
socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the
July Theses .
2013 – Gunmen
attacked a secondary school in Mamudo,
Yobe State , Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.
July 7
Samantha Smith
July 8
Head of a Bear
July 9
Donkey Kong cabinet
July 10 :
Independence Day in
the Bahamas (
1973 )
Lady Jane Grey
July 11 :
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide in Poland (
1943 )
Sculpture of Zheng He
July 12 :
Eid al-Mubahalah (Shia Islam, 2023)
Saint Basil's Cathedral
July 13
A tape recorder from Nixon's Oval Office
July 14 :
Bastille Day in France (
1789 );
Festino di Santa Rosalia begins in
Palermo , Italy
Attack on Joseph Priestley's home
July 15
Surrender of Napoleon
July 16
Muhammad I of Granada (red shield)
July 17 :
Marine Day in Japan (2023);
Constitution Day in South Korea (
1948 );
World Emoji Day
Russian imperial family, 1913
July 18
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry storming Fort Wagner
July 19 :
Islamic New Year (2023, 1445
AH )
Launch of SS Great Britain
998 –
Arab–Byzantine wars : After initial
Byzantine gains at the
Battle of Apamea , a lone Kurdish rider killed Byzantine commander
Damian Dalassenos , allowing
Fatimid troops to turn the tide of the battle.
1843 –
SS Great Britain , the first ocean-going ship with both an iron
hull and a
screw propeller , was launched (pictured) in
Bristol , England.
1845 –
A fire in
Manhattan , New York, destroyed 345 buildings, killed 30 people, and caused at least $5 million in damage.
1903 – French cyclist
Maurice Garin won
the first edition of the
Tour de France .
2014 –
Gunmen perpetrated an assault against an Egyptian military checkpoint in the
Libyan Desert , killing 22 soldiers.
July 20
Special Olympics athletes in 2013
1333 –
Second War of Scottish Independence : The Scottish-held town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed surrendered to English forces, ending
a siege led by King
Edward III .
1867 – The
United States Congress established the
Indian Peace Commission to seek peace treaties with a number of
Native American tribes .
1917 – The prime minister of Serbia,
Nikola Pašić , and the president of the
Yugoslav Committee ,
Ante Trumbić , signed the
Corfu Declaration , agreeing to seek the establishment of the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes .
1968 –
The first games of the
Special Olympics (athletes pictured) , for athletes with
intellectual disabilities , were held at
Soldier Field in Chicago.
2001 – The animated film
Spirited Away , written and directed by
Hayao Miyazaki , was released, becoming the
highest-grossing film in Japanese history until 2020.
July 21 :
Belgian National Day (
1831 )
Yuen Long attack
July 22 :
Feast day of
Saint Mary Magdalene (Christianity)
Jules-Albert de Dion
July 23 :
Birthday of Haile Selassie (
Rastafari )
Megawati Sukarnoputri
July 24 :
Pioneer Day in
Utah , United States (
1847 )
Charles de Gaulle
July 25 :
National Day of Galicia
Pratibha Patil
July 26 :
Independence Day in
Liberia (
1847 )
Flag of Stellaland
July 27
Signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in
Panmunjom
July 28 :
Statehood Day in Ukraine (
2022 )
Negroes' Protest a Silent Parade 1917 , Universal Animated Weekly newsreel
1148 –
Crusades : The
siege of Damascus ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to the disintegration of the
Second Crusade .
1821 –
Peruvian War of Independence : Argentine general
José de San Martín declared the independence of Peru from the
Spanish Empire .
1917 – In New York City, the
NAACP and church and community leaders organized
a silent march (newsreel footage featured) of at least 8,000 people to protest violence directed towards
African Americans .
1976 –
An earthquake registering 7.6
Mw , one of the deadliest in history, devastated
Tangshan , China, and killed at least 240,000 people.
2001 – At
the World Aquatics Championships in
Fukuoka , Japan, Australian
Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single
FINA world championship .
July 29 :
Torch Festival in China (2024)
July 30
Brother Jonathan
1811 –
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla , leader of the
Mexican War of Independence , was executed by Spanish forces in
Chihuahua City , Mexico.
1865 – Off the coast of
Crescent City, California , the steamer
Brother Jonathan (depicted) struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing 225 people; its cargo of gold coins was not retrieved until 1996.
1930 – In
Montevideo , the
Uruguay national football team won the
first FIFA World Cup .
1950 – At the height of a political crisis known as the
royal question , four workers were shot dead by the Belgian
Gendarmerie at a strike in
Grâce-Berleur .
2006 –
Lebanon War : The
Israeli Air Force
attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of
Qana , killing at least 28 civilians, including 16 children.
July 31 :
Lā Hae Hawaiʻi (Flag Day) and
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) in Hawaii (
1843 )
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