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July 7

July 7 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1534 and 1991. Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.

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What happened on July 7?

July 7 is the 188th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1534 and 1991. Famous people born on July 7 include Yanka Kupala, Ringo Starr and Gustav Mahler.

The shape of the day

From 1534 to 1991, July 7 gathers 457 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Cancer is the sign for July 7 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on July 7

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • TV Wistoria: Wand and Sword
  • TV FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST

2023

  • TV Rurouni Kenshin

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.

  2. 1798

    XYZ Affair

    As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".

  3. 1911

    North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911

    The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.

  4. 1937

    Peel Commission

    The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.

  5. 1944

    World War II

    World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.

  6. 1953

    Che Guevara

    Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.

  7. 1959

    Venus

    Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.

  8. 1978

    Solomon Islands

    The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

  9. 1983

    Cold War

    Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.

  10. 1991

    Yugoslav Wars

    Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 7

Yanka Kupala

b. 1882

Belarusian poet and writer

Ringo Starr

b. 1940

English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor

Gustav Mahler

b. 1860

Austrian composer and conductor

Adele Goldberg (computer scientist)

b. 1945

American computer scientist and academic

Tung Chee-hwa

b. 1937

Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Ana Kasparian

b. 1986

American journalist and producer

Maria Bard

b. 1900

German stage and silent film actress

Biljana Plavšić

b. 1930

2nd President of Republika Srpska

Deaths

  • 1956Gottfried Benn
  • 1930Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 1890Henri Nestlé
  • 1572Sigismund II Augustus
  • 1531Tilman Riemenschneider
  • 1307Edward I

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Æthelburh of Faremoutiers
  • —Christian feast day: Felix of Nantes
  • —Christian feast day: Illidius
  • —Christian feast day: Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Blesseds Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children (Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Willibald (Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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