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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY JULY

Explore significant events in history from July, including the formation of the State of Victoria, battles in WW1 and WW2, key political figures' births and deaths, and important milestones worldwide.

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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY JULY

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  1. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 01/07/1851. Proclamation of the State of Victoria. 01/07/1863. The battle of Gettysburg begins during the American Civil War. 01/07/1916. Battle of the Somme in W.W.1. begins.

  2. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 01/07/1921. The Communist party of China is formed. 01/07/1942. The 1st. Battle of “El Alamein” takes place during W. W. 2. 01/07/1974. Juan Peron. President of Argentina dies. 01/07/1960. Ghana becomes a republic.

  3. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 01/07/1991. The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved. 01/07/1997. Hong Kong reunited with China after 99 years as a British overseas territory. 01/07/2000. Walter Matthau. American comedian dies.

  4. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 01/07/2004. Marlon Brando. Famous American actor dies. 02/07/1556. Nostradamus. French Astrologer dies. 02/07/1777. Vermont becomes the 1st. American State to abolish Slavery.

  5. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 02/07/1908. Thurgood Marshall. The first Black person appointed as a Judge to the U.S. Supreme Court is born. 02/07/1929. Imelda Marcos. The 1st. Lady of the Philippines is born. 02/07/1961. Ernest Hemmingway. Famous American author dies.

  6. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 02/07/1964. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. 02/07/1973. Betty Grable. Famous American actress dies. 02/07/1989. Andrei Gromyko. Soviet Foreign Minister 1957 – 1985 dies.

  7. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 02/07/1993. Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop. Australian War hero dies. 02/07/1999. Mario Puzo. American author dies. 02/07/2002. Steve Fossett becomes the 1st. person to fly non stop around the world in a balloon.

  8. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 03/07/1963. Tom Cruise. American actor is born. 03/07/1994. Lew Hoad. Australian Tennis great dies. 03/07/2013. President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt is overthrown by Military Coup. 04/07/1776. The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted. American Independence Day.

  9. THIS OMTH IN HISTORYJULY 04/07/1807. Guiseppe Garibaldi. Italian patriot is born. 04/07/1826. John Adams. The 2nd. President of the U.S.A. dies. 04/07/1826. Thomas Jefferson. The 3rd. President of the U.S.A. dies.

  10. THIS MONTH IN HISTYORYJULY 05/07/1945. John Curtin - Australia’s Wartime Prime Minister – dies. 05/07/1954. The B.B.C. broadcasts its 1st. Television program. 05/07/2012. The Shard in London is inaugurated as Europe’s tallest building at 1020 feet.

  11. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 06/07/1483. Richard 3rd. is crowned King of England. 06/07/1535. Sir Thomas More is beheaded. 06/07/1946. George W Bush. 43rd. President of the U.S.A. is born. 07/07/1985. Boris Becker becomes the youngest person ever to win the Men’s Singles Final at Wimbledon at age 17.

  12. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY JULY 07/07/2014. Alfredo Di Stefano. Argentinian & Real Madrid footballer dies. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

  13. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 08/07/1838. Count von Zeppelin. German Inventor is born. 09/07/1797. Edmund Burke. British Philosopher & Statesman dies. 09/07/1816. Argentina declared its Independence from Spain.

  14. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 10/07/1509. John.Calvin. French religious reformer is born. 10/07/1940. Battle of Britain in W.W.2. begins. 10/07/1973. The Bahamas becomes independent from Great Britain. 10/07/1985. The Greenpeace ship: the Rainbow Warrior is sunk in Auckland Harbour by French Secret agents.

  15. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY JULY 11/07/1274. Robert 1. (Robert the Bruce) King of Scotland is born. 11/07/1899. E.B. White. Author who wrote Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web is born. 11/07/1916. Gough Whitlam. Australian Prime Minister 1972 – 1975. is born

  16. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 12/07/ Orangeman’s Day Northern Ireland. 12/07/1920. Panama Canal opened. 13/07/1791. Allan Cunningham. British explorer & botanist who discovered Australia’s Darling Downs in Queensland is born.

  17. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 14/10/1933. All political parties except the Nazi party are outlawed in Germany. 14/07/2012. Bastille Day. French citizens stormed the Bastille in 1789 beginning the French Revolution.

  18. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYHISTORY 15/07/1606. Rembrant. French painter is born. 16/07/622. The Journey of Mohammad & his followers from Mecca to Medina occurs. The founding of Islam.

  19. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 16/07/1704. John Kay. Inventor of the weaving machine is born. 16/07/1872. Roald Amundsen. Norwegian explorer is born. 16/10/1910. Stan McCabe. Famous Australian cricketer is born. 16/07/1945. 1st. Atomic Bomb is exploded in New Mexico.

  20. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 16/07/1945. The 3 allied leaders: Harry S Truman, Joseph Stalin & Winston Churchill meet at Potsdam to discuss the future of a defeated Germany in W.W.2. 17/07/1918. Czar Nicholas 2nd. & his family are killed in Russia.

  21. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 17/07/1936. Spanish Civil War begins. 17/07/2009. Famous American Broadcaster Walter Cronkite dies. He anchored the CBS news. He announced to the world the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King & John Lennon.

  22. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 17/07/2014. Malaysian Flight MH 17 is shot down over the Ukraine killing all 300 people on board including 38 Australians.

  23. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY.JULY 18/07/1610. Michelangelo. Italian artist dies. 18/07/1811. William Makepeace Thackeray. English author is born. 18/07/1848. W.G. Grace. Famous English cricketer is born.

  24. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 18/07/1909. Andrei Gromyko. Soviet Foreign Minister 1957 -1985 is born. 18/07/1918. Nelson Mandela. Former president of South Africa & winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is born. 18/07/1921. John Glenn. The first American Astronaut to orbit the earth is born.

  25. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 18/07/1925. Adolf Hitler publishes “Mein Kamp”. 18/07/1925. Shirley Strickland. Famous Australian Athlete who won 3 Gold Medals at the 1952 & 1956 Olympics is born.

  26. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 18/07/1950. Sir Richard Branson. Owner of Virgin Airlines is born. 18/07/2005. General Westmorland. U.S. commander during the Vietnam war 1964 -1968 dies.

  27. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 19/07/1834. Edgar Degas. French painter is born. 19/07/1870. France declares War on Prussia. 19/07/1916. Over 5,500 Australians are killed in 1 night in the Battle of Fromelles in W.W.1.

  28. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 19/07/2013. Bert Trautmann. Former Manchester City Goalkeeper who played in the 1956 F.A. Cup Final with a broken neck dies.

  29. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 20/07/356BC. Alexander The Great. Macedonian King is born. 20/07/1822. Gregor Mendel. German scientist who is known as the father of Genetics is born. 20/07/1903. The Ford Motor company produces its 1st. Car for sale to the public.

  30. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 20/07/1919. Sir Edmund Hillary. The 1st. man to climb Mount Everest is born. 20/07/1933. A Concordat is concluded between Germany & the Vatican guaranteeing Diplomatic immunity for Vatican officials during W.W.2.

  31. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 20/07/1944. Germany Army Officers fail in an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. 20/07/1969. Neil Armstrong becomes the 1st. man to walk on the Moon. 21/07/1899. Ernest Hemingway. American author & Nobel Prize winner is born.

  32. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 21/07/1899. Eric Woodward. 1st. native born Governor of N.S.W. is born. 21/07/1954. 1ST. Indochina war. The Geneva convention partitions Vietnam into North & South Vietnam.

  33. THIS MON IN HISTORYJULY 22/07/1949. Lasse Viren is born. Finish Athlete. Only man ever to win the Olympic Gold Medal for the 5,000 & 10,000 metres at consecutive Olympic games. 1972 & 1976. 22/07/1995. Harold Larwood. Famous English Fast bowler of the “Bodyline series” dies.

  34. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 22/07/2013. Prince George of Cambridge. The 1st son of Prince William & the Dutchess of Cambridge is born. 23/07/1938. Bert Newton. Australian Television show host is born. 23/07/2014. The Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow, Scotland. .

  35. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 24/07/1897. Amelia Earhart. American Aviator & 1st. woman to fly over the Atlantic is born 24/07/1965. Australian Basketball player Andrew Gaze is born. 25/07/1814. George Stephenson. British Engineer, 1st. successfully demonstrated a steam locomotive.

  36. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 25/07/1943. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is forced to resign in W.W.2. 25/10/2010. Wikileaks led by Australian Julian Assange publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest Military leaks in U.S. history.

  37. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 26/07/1856. George Bernard Shaw. Irish Playwright is born. 26/07/1939. John Howard. Australian Prime Minister between 1996 & 2007 is born. 27/07/1953. A truce ending the Korean War is signed.

  38. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 27/07/2012. The opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games is held.

  39. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY JULY 28/07/1794. Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution. 28/07/1821. Peru becomes independent from Spain.

  40. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 28/07/1866.Beatrix Potter. English Children’s author is born. 28/07/1914. Austria – Hungary declared War on Serbia beginning W.W.1. 28/07/1923. Work began on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

  41. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 28/07/2001. Swimmer Ian Thorpe becomes the 1st swimmer to win 6 Gold Medals at a single World Championship.

  42. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 29/07/1883. Benito Mussolini. Italian dictator is born. 29/07/1907. Sir Robert Baden – Powell founds the Boy Scouts movement. 30/07/1818. Emily Bronte. English novelist is born. 30/07/1863. Henry Ford. Founder of the Ford motor company is born.

  43. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 30/07/1947. Austrian born American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is born. 31/07/1556. Ignatius Loyola. Founder of the Jesuit religious order dies. 31/07/1856. Christchurch New Zealand is declared a city.

  44. QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “ That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong becoming the 1st. man to set foot on the Moon. July 20th. 1969.

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