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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. .
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.
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.
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.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 27/07/2012. The opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games is held.
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.
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.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORYJULY 28/07/2001. Swimmer Ian Thorpe becomes the 1st swimmer to win 6 Gold Medals at a single World Championship.
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.
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.
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.