7TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST HEDDA OF WINCHESTER; SAINTS
ETHELBURGA, ERCONGOTA, & SETHRIDA;ST PALLADIUS; SAINTS CYRIL & METHODIUS; ST
PANTAENUS; & ST FELIX OF NANTES." |
| 7TH |
1841 |
AN EXPEDITION LED BY EXPLORER EDWARD JOHN EYRE REACHES
ALBANY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 7TH |
1851 |
"JAMES ESMOND" ANNOUNCES HE
HAS DISCOVERED GOLD AT CLUNES, VICTORIA. |
| 7TH |
1863 |
THE U.S. CONDUCTS THE FIRST MILITARY DRAFT. EXEMPTIONS COST
$100. |
| 7TH |
1865 |
4 "LINCOLN" ASSASSINATION
CONSPIRATORS, INCLUDING "MARY SURRATT" ARE HANGED. |
| 7TH |
1883 |
PINNOCHIO, WRITTEN BY CARLO LORENZINI UNDER HIS PEN NAME
"COLLODI," PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 7TH |
1886 |
"GEORGE CLUNIES ROSS" GIVEN A
GRANT OF THE COCOS ISLAND IN PERPETUITY. |
| 7TH |
1890 |
THE FIRST EXECUTION BY ELECTRIC CHAIR TAKES PLACE IN NEW
YORK. |
| 7TH |
1911 |
"DOROTHY LAMBERT CHAMBERS"
DEFEATED "DORA BOOTHBY" 6-0, 6-0, IN 25 MINUTES TO WIN WIMBLEDON SINGLES TITLE. |
| 7TH |
1937 |
JAPANESE & CHINESE TROOPS CLASH IN WHAT WILL BECOME
"WORLD WAR II." |
| 7TH |
1954 |
‘ELVIS PRESLEY’ HAS HIS FIRST
SONG (THAT’S ALL RIGHT MOMMA) PLAYED ON THE RADIO BY AMERICAN DISC JOCKEY "DEWEY
PHILLIPS." |
| 7TH |
1956 |
7 ARMY TRUCKS LADEN WITH DYNAMITE EXPLODE IN THE MIDDLE OF
CALIFORNIA, COLOMBIA, USA, KILLING AT LEAST 1,100 PEOPLE & DESTROYING 2,000 BUILDINGS. |
| 7TH |
1960 |
8 YEAR OLD SYDNEY BOY "GRAEME
THORNE" IS KIDNAPPED 5 WEEKS AFTER HIS PARENTS WON 100,000 POUNDS IN THE SYDNEY OPERA
HOUSE LOTTERY. HIS DECOMPOSING BODY WAS DISCOVERED ON 16th AUGUST 1960; AND "STEPHEN
BRADLEY" FOUND GUILTY OF HIS MURDER. |
| 7TH |
1968 |
AUSTRAIN RACE DRIVER, "JO SCHLESSER" WAS KILLED IN
A CRASH AT THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX. |
| 7TH |
1968 |
THE ROCK GROUP, "THE
YARDBIRDS" DISBAND. |
| 7TH |
1971 |
ABBA STARS "BJORN ULVAEUS" AND "AGNETHA
FALTSKOG" MARRY IN VERUM, SWEDEN. |
| 7TH |
1973 |
BRITISH RACING DRIVER "ROGER
WILKINSON" DIES AT THE DUTCH GRAND PRIX. |
| 7TH |
1978 |
"MARTINA NAVRATILOVA" DEFEATS "CHRIS
EVERT" TO WIN HER FIRST WIMBLEDON SINGLES TITLE. |
| 7TH |
1981 |
THE FIRST SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT, "SOLAR
CHALLENGER" CROSSES THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. |
| 7TH |
1982 |
‘MICHAEL FAGAN’ 30, SNEAKED INTO THE QUEENS BEDROOM
IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND SAT ON THE END OF HER BED. |
| 7TH |
1983 |
11 YEAR OLD "SAMANTHA SMITH"
OF MANCHESTER, MAINE, USA, LEAVES ON A PEACE MISSION AT THE INVITATION OF THE USSR
PRESIDENT. |
| 7TH |
1985 |
UNSEEDED 17 YEAR OLD, "BORIS BECKER" BECAME THE
YOUNGEST EVER MEN’S SINGLES CHAMPION AT WIMBLEDON. |
| 7TH |
1985 |
OPENING OF A DESALINATION PLANT AT
COOBER PEDY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, INAUGURATES THE TOWNS WATER SUPPLY. |
| 7TH |
1986 |
AUSTRALIANS "BRIAN CHAMBERS & KEVIN BARLOW" ARE
HANGED IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, ON DRUG CHARGES. |
| 7TH |
1990 |
"MARTINA NAVRATILOVA" WINS
HER RECORD-BREAKING, 9TH WIMBLEDON WOMEN’S TENNIS FINAL. |
| 7TH |
1992 |
AUSTRALIA’S PLASTIC FIVE DOLLAR NOTE GOES INTO
CIRCULATION. |
| 7TH |
1999 |
MORROAN RUNNER, "HICHAM EL
GUERROUJ" LOWERED THE WORLD 1500metre RECORD FROM 3:44.39 TO 3:43.13. |
| 7TH |
2000 |
U.S. FILM PRODUCER & DIRECTOR, "LAUREL VLOCK"
74, DIES FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. |
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