EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 7/7
- 1124 – Tyre falls to the Crusaders.
- 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
- 1520 – Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
- 1534 – Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
- 1543 – French troops invade Luxembourg.
- 1575 – The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.
- 1585 – The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
- 1770 – The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
- 1777 – American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
- 1798 – As a result of the XYZ Affair, the U.S. Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
- 1807 – The Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition.
- 1834 – In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
- 1846 – American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the conquest of California.
- 1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
- 1865 – Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
- 1892 – The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
- 1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
- 1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
- 1911 – The United States, Great Britain, 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.
- 1915 – The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
- 1915 – An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
- 1915 – Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
- 1916 – The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
- 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
- 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
- 1930 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, dies.
- 1937 – The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- 1941 – The American occupation of Iceland replaces the British occupation.
- 1941 – World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
- 1944 – World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
- 1946 – Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
- 1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
- 1947 – The Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.
- 1952 – The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
- 1953 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
- 1954 – Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right."
- 1956 – Fritz Moravec and two other Austrian mountaineers make the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
- 1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
- 1959 – Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
- 1963 – Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
- 1978 – The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom
- 1980 – Institution of sharia in Iran.
- 1980 – During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
- 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1983 – Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
- 1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17
- 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1997 – The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
- 2003 – NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
- 2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
- 2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
- 2012 – At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
- 2013 – A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
- 1053 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
- 1119 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
- 1207 – Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231)
- 1528 – Archduchess Anna of Austria (d. 1590)
- 1586 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (d. 1646)
- 1656 – Guru Har Krishan, Indian 8th Sikh Gurus (d. 1664)
- 1752 – Joseph Marie Jacquard, French merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (d. 1834)
- 1766 – Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
- 1833 – Félicien Rops, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1898)
- 1843 – Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
- 1846 – Heinrich Rosenthal, Estonian physician and author (d. 1916)
- 1848 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician, 5th President of Brazil (d. 1919)
- 1851 – Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (d. 1933)
- 1855 – Ludwig Ganghofer, German author and playwright (d. 1920)
- 1860 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1911)
- 1874 – Erwin Bumke, Polish-German lawyer and jurist (d. 1945)
- 1880 – Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (d. 1960)
- 1884 – Toivo Kuula, Finnish conductor and composer (d. 1918)
- 1884 – Lion Feuchtwanger, German author and playwright (d. 1958)
- 1891 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general and poet (d. 1945)
- 1891 – Virginia Rappe, American model and actress (d. 1921)
- 1893 – Herbert Feis, American historian and author (d. 1972)
- 1893 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1981)
- 1898 – Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (d. 1985)
- 1899 – George Cukor, American director and producer (d. 1983)
- 1900 – Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990)
- 1901 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (d. 1974)
- 1901 – Sam Katzman, American director and producer (d. 1973)
- 1901 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer (d. 1970)
- 1902 – Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
- 1904 – Simone Beck, French chef and author (d. 1991)
- 1906 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1970)
- 1906 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (d. 1985)
- 1906 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, American author and screenwriter (d. 1988)
- 1908 – Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (d. 1994)
- 1910 – Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (d. 2005)
- 1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer (d. 2007)
- 1913 – Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (d. 2011)
- 1915 – Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet (d. 1998)
- 1917 – Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
- 1917 – Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Jon Pertwee, English actor (d. 1996)
- 1921 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer and bassist (d. 1975)
- 1921 – Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1996)
- 1922 – Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1923 – Liviu Ciulei, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (d. 2008)
- 1924 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
- 1924 – Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Wally Phillips, American radio host (d. 2008)
- 1927 – Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Louvin Brothers) (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player and conductor (The Tonight Show Band)
- 1929 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
- 1930 – Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author
- 1930 – Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal
- 1930 – Hank Mobley, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
- 1931 – David Eddings, American author and academic (d. 2009)
- 1932 – T. J. Bass, American physician and author (d. 2011)
- 1932 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian-American keyboard player and composer (Weather Report) (d. 2007)
- 1933 – J. J. Barrie. Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1933 – David McCullough, American historian and author
- 1934 – Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (d. 2016)
- 1936 – Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971)
- 1936 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
- 1937 – Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- 1938 – James Montgomery Boice, American pastor and theologian, (d. 2000)
- 1939 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (d. 2015)
- 1940 – Ringo Starr, born Richard Starkey, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Beatles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, and Plastic Ono Band)
- 1941 – Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1941 – Nancy Farmer, American author
- 1941 – Michael Howard, Welsh lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
- 1941 – Bill Oddie, English comedian, actor, and singer
- 1941 – Jim Rodford, English bass player (The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Zombies, The Kast Off Kinks, and Argent)
- 1942 – Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
- 1943 – Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1943 – Joel Siegel, American journalist and critic (d. 2007)
- 1944 – Tony Jacklin, English golfer and sportscaster
- 1944 – Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, English educator and politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1944 – Emanuel Steward, American boxer and trainer (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Ian Wilmut, English-Scottish embryologist and academic
- 1945 – Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
- 1945 – Adele Goldberg, American computer scientist and academic
- 1947 – Howard Rheingold, American author and critic
- 1949 – Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer
- 1951 – Tom Fox, American activist (d. 2006)
- 1952 – Mando Guerrero, Mexican-American wrestler and stuntman
- 1955 – Len Barker, American baseball player and coach
- 1954 – Rami Fortis, Israeli singer (Minimal Compact)
- 1957 – Jonathan Dayton, American director and producer
- 1957 – Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist (Minimal Compact)
- 1958 – Michala Petri, Danish recorder player
- 1958 – Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach
- 1959 – Billy Campbell, American actor
- 1960 – Kevin A. Ford, American colonel and astronaut
- 1960 – Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach
- 1962 – Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Turkish actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
- 1963 – Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1965 – Mo Collins, American actress, comedian and screenwriter
- 1965 – Jeremy Kyle, English talk show host
- 1966 – Jim Gaffigan, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
- 1968 – Jorja Fox, American actress
- 1968 – Jeff VanderMeer, American author and educator
- 1969 – Sylke Otto, German luger
- 1969 – Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 – Nathalie Simard, Canadian singer
- 1969 – Cree Summer, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (Subject to Change)
- 1970 – Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
- 1970 – Wayne McCullough, Northern Irish boxer
- 1970 – Erik Zabel, German cyclist and coach
- 1971 – Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 – Lisa Leslie, American basketball player and actress
- 1972 – Manfred Stohl, Austrian race car driver
- 1972 – Kirsten Vangsness, American actress and writer
- 1973 – José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 – Kailash Kher, Indian singer-songwriter and director
- 1973 – Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1973 – Natsuki Takaya, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1974 – Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1974 – E.D.I. Mean, American rapper and producer (Outlawz)
- 1975 – Tony Benshoof, American luger
- 1975 – Adam Nelson, American shot putter
- 1976 – Bérénice Bejo, Argentinian-French actress
- 1976 – Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
- 1976 – Vasily Petrenko, Russian conductor
- 1976 – Ercüment Olgundeniz, Turkish discus thrower and shot putter
- 1978 – Chris Andersen, American basketball player
- 1978 – Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer
- 1979 – Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2015)
- 1979 – Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
- 1980 – John Buck, American baseball player
- 1980 – Serdar Kulbilge, Turkish footballer
- 1980 – Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
- 1980 – Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used and The New Transit Direction)
- 1981 – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
- 1981 – Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold and Pinkly Smooth)
- 1982 – Cassidy, American rapper, producer, and actor (Larsiny Family)
- 1982 – Mike Glita, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and drummer (Senses Fail and Tokyo Rose)
- 1982 – Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
- 1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
- 1983 – Justin Davies, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Martin Wallström, Swedish actor
- 1984 – Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
- 1984 – Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1985 – Marc Stein, German footballer
- 1986 – Ana Kasparian, American journalist and producer
- 1986 – Udo Schwarz, German rugby player
- 1987 – Julianna Guill, American actress
- 1988 – Kaci Brown, American singer-songwriter
- 1988 – Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player
- 1988 – Ilan Rubin, American drummer (Angels & Airwaves, Nine Inch Nails, Lostprophets, Denver Harbor, and Fenix TX)
- 1989 – Landon Cassill, American race car driver
- 1989 – Miina Kallas, Estonian footballer
- 1989 – Karl-August Tiirmaa, Estonian skier
- 1990 – Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer
- 1990 – Pascal Stöger, Austrian footballer
- 1992 – Ellina Anissimova, Estonian hammer thrower
- 1992 – Dominik Furman, Polish footballer
- 1993 – Capital Steez, American rapper (Pro Era) (d. 2012)
- 1994 – Timothy Cathcart, Northern Irish race car driver (d. 2014)
- 1304 – Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
- 1307 – Edward I of England (b. 1239)
- 1537 – Madeleine of Valois (b. 1520)
- 1572 – Sigismund II Augustus, Polish king (b. 1520)
- 1573 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù and Villa Farnese (b. 1507)
- 1593 – Mohammed Bagayogo, Malian scholar and academic (b. 1523)
- 1647 – Thomas Hooker, English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (b. 1586)
- 1701 – William Stoughton, American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1631)
- 1713 – Henry Compton, English bishop (b. 1632)
- 1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. 1690)
- 1730 – Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1690)
- 1764 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (b. 1683)
- 1776 – Jeremiah Markland, English scholar and academic (b. 1693)
- 1790 – François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher and author (b. 1721)
- 1816 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1751)
- 1865 – conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 1890 – Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
- 1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
- 1913 – Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
- 1922 – Cathal Brugha, Irish soldier and politician, 1st President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
- 1925 – Clarence Hudson White American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
- 1927 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
- 1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
- 1932 – Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
- 1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
- 1939 – Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)
- 1949 – Bunk Johnson, American trumpet player (b. 1879)
- 1950 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923)
- 1955 – Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and publisher (b. 1896)
- 1956 – Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (b. 1886)
- 1960 – Francis Browne, Irish priest and photographer (b. 1880)
- 1964 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1904)
- 1965 – Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
- 1968 – Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1971 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925)
- 1971 – Ub Iwerks, American animator and director (b. 1901)
- 1972 – Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
- 1972 – Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
- 1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
- 1973 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 1975 – Ruffian, American race horse (b. 1972)
- 1976 – Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910)
- 1978 – Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933)
- 1980 – Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
- 1981 – Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (b. 1908)
- 1984 – Carl Boenish, American BASE jumper and cinematographer (b. 1941)
- 1984 – George Oppen, American poet and author (b. 1908)
- 1987 – Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (b. 1902)
- 1990 – Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Barão Vermelho) (b. 1958)
- 1990 – Bill Cullen, American television panelist and game show host (b. 1920)
- 1993 – Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (b. 1911)
- 1993 – Mia Zapata, American singer-songwriter (The Gits) (b. 1965)
- 1994 – Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (b. 1924)
- 1994 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1994 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (b. 1937)
- 1999 – Vikram Batra, Indian captain (b. 1974)
- 1999 – Julie Campbell Tatham, American author (b. 1908)
- 2000 – Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
- 2001 – Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
- 2003 – Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian trumpet player and conductor (b. 1924)
- 2003 – Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter, animator, and director (b. 1923)
- 2006 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd and Stars) (b. 1946)
- 2006 – Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
- 2006 – John Money, New Zealand-American psychologist and author (b. 1921)
- 2008 – Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1933)
- 2008 – Dorian Leigh, American model (b. 1917)
- 2011 – Allan W. Eckert, American historian and author (b. 1931)
- 2011 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Ronaldo Cunha Lima, Brazilian poet and politician (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Mouss Diouf, Senegalese-French actor (b. 1964)
- 2012 – Dennis Flemion, American drummer (The Frogs) (b. 1955)
- 2012 – Doris Neal, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Artur Hajzer, Polish mountaineer (b. 1962)
- 2013 – Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, theologian, and author (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
- 2014 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
- 2014 – Dick Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1937)
- 2015 – Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Bob MacKinnon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
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