7 July

July 7 is the 188th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 177 days remain until the end of the year.

We have some interesting facts & historic events all about July 7^th , including areas in religion, crime, health and more.

Keep reading for more interesting facts about July 7^th in history!

Table of Contents

1. Global Celebrations
2. Historic Events
3. Famous Birthdays
4. Heartbreaking Deaths

Global Celebrations

• International Chocolate Day
• National Macaroni Day
• Tell The Truth Day
• International Chocolate Day
• Global Forgiveness Day
• National Strawberry Sundae Day

Historical Events

What Happened On This Day – July 7

2005: Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London’s public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700.

1991: Brioni Declaration is signed

The agreement was signed by Slovenia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia on the Brioni islands in Croatia. The agreement marked the end of hostilities that began with the Slovenian War of Independence. Also known as the Ten Day War, the conflict began after Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia.

1985: Boris Becker becomes the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17

The German tennis player beat American Kevin Curren.

1981: Sandra Day O’Connor is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, O’Connor is the first woman to be appointed to the highest court in the United States.

1958: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law

Under the law, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States of America on January 3, 1959.

1947: Roswell UFO sighting

An object crashed into a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico raising speculations that the object was an extraterrestrial spacecraft containing alien life forms.

1937: Japanese and Chinese troops clash at the Marco Polo Bridge, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War.

1901: Guangxu Emperor of China with court officials and European officers, 1901

1900: Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach, California photochrom print. circa 1900 (near San Diego, CA) (by William Henry Jackson)

1865: The crowd watches on as Mary Surratt (left), Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt (Lincoln Co-Conspirators) hang from the gallows at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Photograph by Alexander Gardner. July 7, 1865

These people were involved in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Ex US President.

1865: Photo: The four Lincoln conspirators executed by hanging, July 7, 1865

1880: Two Kanak warriors posing with penis gourds and spears in New Caledonia, around 1880

1807: The first Treaty of Tilsit is signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.

1456: Joan of Arc was declared innocent of the charges that had condemned her to death – twenty-five years after she had been burned for heresy.

Famous Birthdays

Births On This Day, July 7

1940: Ringo Starr, British singer-songwriter, musician, actor

1933: David McCullough, American historian, author

1907: Robert A. Heinlein, American writer

1906: Satchel Paige, American baseball player

1860: Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer

MS Dhoni was born.

Ringo Starr was born.

Kim Bum was born.

Heartbreaking Deaths

Deaths On This Day, July 7

2008: Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, director

2006: Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter, guitarist

1930: Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician, author

1865: Mary Surratt, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

1307: Edward I of England

Robert Downey Sr. died.

Edward I died.

Arthur Conan Doyle died.