Overview
About the event
Fashion Day
World Misophonia Awareness Day
Call of the Horizon Day
International Emergency Kit Day
Palau Constitution Day
Brazil - State Rebellion Day
Argentina - Independence Day
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1877 �?? The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
1893 �?? Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
1937 �?? The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
1955 �?? The Russell�??Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
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1962- Telstar 1, the first communications satellite to transmit live television signals and telephone conversations across the Atlantic Ocean, was launched this day in 1962, inaugurating a new age in electronic communications.
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1962- Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin was issued a U.S. patent for a three-point seatbelt for cars; a major safety innovation, it featured a strap that extended across the upper body in addition to a standard lap restraint.
1985- The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was sunk by two bomb explosions while berthed in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand; it was later revealed that French intelligence agents had planted the explosives.
1986 �?? The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
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1991- Russian politician Boris Yeltsin was sworn into office as the country's first elected president
2002 �?? The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
2011 �?? South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
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2019- German automaker Volkswagen ended production of the Beetle, the first model of which had been introduced in 1938.
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Birth Anniversary
Jacob Perkins (1766-1949) - Inventor who is considered the "Father of the refrigerator."
Elias Howe (1819-1967) - Inventor of the sewing machine.
Harold Fox (1910-1996) - Fashion designer who created the "Zoot Suit."
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1930 �?? K. Balachander, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1938 �?? Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (died 1985)
O. J. Simpson, born on July 9, 1947
Tom Hanks, born on July 9, 1956
Marc Andreessen (1971-Still Living) - Co-founder of Netscape.
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Death Anniversary
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1967 �?? Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (born 1893)
