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July 1

A look at July 1 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Amy Johnson and George Sand, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2008

    2008 riot in Mongolia

    Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

    Rioting in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
  2. 1983

    North Korea

    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.

    Country in East Asia
  3. 1979

    Sony

    Sony introduces the Walkman.

    Japanese multinational corporation
  4. 1942

    World War II

    World War II: start of the First Battle of El Alamein.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  5. 1917

    World War I

    World War I: Russia launches an offensive against Austria-Hungary to capture Galicia, its final offensive of the war.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  6. 1874

    Sholes and Glidden typewriter

    The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.

    First commercially successful typewriter
  7. 1862

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

    1861–1865 conflict in the
  8. 1841

    Thomas Lempriere

    Thomas Lempriere and James Clark Ross carve a marker on the Isle of the Dead in Van Diemen's Land to measure tidal variations, one of the earliest surviving benchmarks for sea level rise.

    British public official, author
  9. 1643

    Westminster Assembly

    First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.

    1643–1653 English church reform
  10. 1523

    Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos

    Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.

    Dutch Augustinian monks and
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Famous birthday twins

Born on July 1

Amy Johnson

b. 1903

English pilot

George Sand

b. 1804

French author and playwright

Louis Blériot

b. 1872

French pilot and engineer

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

b. 1646

German mathematician and philosopher

Diana, Princess of Wales

b. 1961

Member of the British royal family

Jefferson Pérez

b. 1974

Ecuadorian race walker

Li Keqiang

b. 1955

Chinese economist and politician, 7th Premier of the People's Republic of China

John Farnham

b. 1949

English-Australian singer-songwriter

Deaths

  • 2004Marlon Brando, American actor and director
  • 1999Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer
  • 1997Robert Mitchum, American actor
  • 1967Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic
  • 1944Tanya Savicheva, Russian author
  • 1934Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander, co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA)

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Aaron (Syriac Christianity)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
  • —Christian feast day: Felix of Como
  • —Christian feast day: Junípero Serra
  • —Christian feast day: Julius and Aaron
  • —Christian feast day: Leontius of Autun
  • —Christian feast day: Servanus
  • —Christian feast day: Veep

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