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This day in history: 1 July

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477 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 1 July.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2024: At the centennial ceremony of the Dominion of Newfoundland National War Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission allows an unprecedented second Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldier is entombe

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Singapore)

Bobby Bonilla Day (United States)

Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day (Canada)

Children's Day (Pakistan)

Chinese Communist Party Founding Day (China)

Christian feast day: Aaron (Catholic Church and Syriac Christianity)

Christian feast day: Blessed Antonio Rosmini-Serbati

Christian feast day: Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (removed from official Roman Catholic calendar since 1969)

Christian feast day: Julius and Aaron

Christian feast day: July 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Junípero Serra

Christian feast day: Leontius of Autun

Events

2024At the centennial ceremony of the Dominion of Newfoundland National War Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission allows an unprecedented second Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldier is entombe

2020The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA.

2013Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.

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

2007Smoking bans in the United Kingdom culminate in a prohibition on smoking in all public indoor spaces in England.

2006The Qinghai–Tibet railway first operates in China.

2004Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.

2003Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.

2002Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154, and DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collide in mid-air over Überlingen, southern Germany, killing all 71 on board both planes.

2002The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.

1999The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of t

1997China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S.

1997Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-94, a re-flight of the prematurely-ended STS-83 mission with the same crew.

1991Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.

1991The Finnish operator Radiolinja is launched as the world's first GSM network.

1990German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.

1987The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.

1984The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

1983A 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.

1983The Ministry of State Security is established as China's principal intelligence agency

1980"O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

1979Sony introduces the Walkman.

1978The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.

1976Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.

1972The first Gay pride march in England takes place.

1968Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.

1968The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.

1968The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.

1967Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger between the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.

1966The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.

1966The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (first known as the 2nd Artillery Corps) is founded.

1963The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.

1963ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.

1962Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.

1960Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.

1960The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.

1959Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.

1958Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.

1958The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.

1957The International Geophysical Year begins.

Born on this day

2004Alejandro Garnacho, Spanish-Argentine footballer

2004Daniela Avanzini, American singer and dancer

2003Storm Reid, American actress

2003Tate McRae, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer

2001Chosen Jacobs, American actor and singer

2001Theo, South Korean singer-songwriter

2000Lalu Muhammad Zohri, Indonesian sprinter

1998Aleksandra Golovkina, Lithuanian figure skater

1998Chloe Bailey, American singer-songwriter and actress

1998Susan Bandecchi, Swiss tennis player

1996Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater

1995Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer

1995Savvy Shields, Miss America 2017

1995Taeyong, South Korea rapper

1994Chloé Paquet, French tennis player

1992Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player

1991Lucas Vázquez, Spanish footballer

1991Michael Wacha, American baseball player

1989Daniel Ricciardo, Australian race car driver

1989Hannah Murray, English actress

1989Kent Bazemore, American basketball player

1988Aleksander Lesun, Russian modern pentathlete

1988Dedé, Brazilian footballer

1987Michael Schrader, German decathlete

1986Andrew Lee, Australian footballer

1986Charlie Blackmon, American baseball player

1986Julian Prochnow, German footballer

1985Chris Perez, American baseball player

1985Léa Seydoux, French actor

1984Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper

1983Leeteuk, South Korean singer and entertainer

1982Adrian Ward, American football player

1982Fedi Nuril, Indonesian actor, model, and musician

1982Hilarie Burton, American actress

1982Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player

1982Justin Huber, Australian baseball player

1981Carlo Del Fava, South African-Italian rugby player

1981Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-Australian footballer

1980Nelson Cruz, Dominican-American baseball player

1979Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist and actor

Died on this day

2025Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)

2025Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host (born 1935)

2024Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist (born 1936)

2024Robert Towne, American screenwriter (born 1934)

2023Dilano van 't Hoff, Dutch race car driver (born 2004)

2021Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (born 1939)

2019Bogusław Schaeffer, Polish composer (born 1929)

2016Robin Hardy, English author and film director (born 1929)

2015Czesław Olech, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1931)

2015Nicholas Winton, English lieutenant and humanitarian (born 1909)

2015Val Doonican, Irish singer and television host (born 1927)

2014Anatoly Kornukov, Ukrainian-Russian general (born 1942)

2014Bob Jones, English lawyer and politician (born 1955)

2014Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer and politician (born 1938)

2014Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founder of The Farm (born 1935)

2014Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (born 1937)

2013Charles Foley, American game designer, co-creator of Twister (born 1930)

2013Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (born 1926)

2013William H. Gray, American minister and politician (born 1941)

2012Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot and astronaut (born 1961)

2012Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (born 1926)

2012Jack Richardson, American author and playwright (born 1934)

2012Ossie Hibbert, Jamaican-American keyboard player and producer (born 1950)

2012Peter E. Gillquist, American priest and author (born 1938)

2010Arnold Friberg, American painter and illustrator (born 1913)

2010Don Coryell, American football player and coach (born 1924)

2010Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (born 1929)

2009Karl Malden, American actor (born 1912)

2009Mollie Sugden, English actress (born 1922)

2009Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (born 1917)

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Lao Tzu

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