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July 7, 2005 London's transit system is bombed by terrorists, 56 deaths, 700 injured July 7, 2002 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Lleyton Hewitt beat David Nalbandian July 7, 2002 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano July 7, 2002 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor, July 7, 2002 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Likhovtseva beat Kevin Ullyett and Daniela Hantuchova July 7, 2001 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Justine Henin July 7, 1998 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver July 7, 1997 Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open July 7, 1997 Tower Minnesota temps dip to 24 degrees F July 7, 1996 110th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: R Krajicek beats M Washington (63 64 63) July 7, 1996 17th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Dave Stockton July 7, 1996 Joan Pitcock wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic July 7, 1996 Space Shuttle STS 78, Columbia 20, lands July 7, 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game vs, BC Lions July 7, 1995 Space shuttle STS-71, Atlantis 14, lands July 7, 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo July 7, 1994 Actress Diane Lane files for divorce from Christopher Lambert July 7, 1994 North Yemenite troops occupy Aden July 7, 1993 Guntis Ulmanis elected president of Latvia July 7, 1993 New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27 July 7, 1993 Philadelphia Phillies beat San Francisco Giants 7-6 in 20 innings July 7, 1993 Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers July 7, 1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500 July 7, 1991 105th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Michael Stich beats B Becker (64 76 64) July 7, 1991 Alice Miller wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic July 7, 1991 Nolan Ryan possible 8th no-hitter ends in the 8th inning July 7, 1990 97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Z Garrison (64 61) July 7, 1990 New Jersey Devils sign Russians Viacheslav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov July 7, 1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful) July 7, 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site July 7, 1987 Alan and Colin Wells make 303* partnership for Sussex vs. Kent July 7, 1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women July 7, 1987 Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing July 7, 1987 Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 and 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7 July 7, 1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released July 7, 1986 It is reported Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction July 7, 1986 Jordan government shuts al-Fatah offices July 7, 1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law July 7, 1986 U.S. actress Deborah Hunter marries actor Michael Tylo July 7, 1985 92nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (46 63 62) July 7, 1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship July 7, 1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont July 7, 1984 91st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (76 62) July 7, 1984 Frankie Valli marries Randy Clohessy July 7, 1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for U.S.S.R. July 7, 1982 David Moorcroft of U.K. sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41 July 7, 1982 Steve Scott of U.S. runs mile in a record 3:47.69 July 7, 1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel July 7, 1981 Ben Plucknett of U.S. throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified July 7, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court July 7, 1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel July 7, 1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours July 7, 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title July 7, 1980 Shawn Weatherly, of USA, crowned 29th Miss Universe July 7, 1980 Jineane Ford, (AZ) replaces S Weatherly (Miss Univ) as 29th Miss USA July 7, 1979 93rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats R Tanner (67 61 36 63 64) July 7, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 7, 1978 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (26 64 75) July 7, 1978 Solomon Islands declares independence from U.K. July 7, 1977 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City July 7, 1976 E. Henry Knoche, becomes deputy director of CIA July 7, 1976 Vernon A. Walters, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA July 7, 1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars July 7, 1975 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres July 7, 1974 Brewer Don Money sets record of consec errorless games at 3rd, 78 July 7, 1974 Sue Roberts wins LPGA Niagara Frontier Golf Classic July 7, 1974 West Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich July 7, 1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India July 7, 1973 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats C Evert, 60 75 July 7, 1973 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli, 61 98 63 July 7, 1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels July 7, 1973 Baltimore Orioles pull their 4th triple play, 5-4-3 vs Oakland July 7, 1973 Glenda Reiser, Canada, sets record women's mile, 4:34.9 July 7, 1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named July 7, 1973 1st all - U.S. women's Wimbledon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert July 7, 1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce) July 7, 1972 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63) July 7, 1972 Dutch Minister of Agt decides to ignore soft drug usage July 7, 1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang July 7, 1969 Der Spiegel reveals Munich's Bishop Defregger is a war criminal July 7, 1968 23rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning July 7, 1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island July 7, 1968 Rock group "Yardbirds" disband July 7, 1967 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61) July 7, 1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released July 7, 1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1 July 7, 1965 Otis Redding records "Respect" July 7, 1964 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York July 7, 1964 All star MVP: John Callison, Philadelphia Phillies July 7, 1963 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open July 7, 1962 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64) July 7, 1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races July 7, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site July 7, 1961 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64) July 7, 1961 James R. Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters July 7, 1960 Neth - U.S. cemetery Margraten official opens July 7, 1960 U.S.S.R. shoots down a U.S. aircraft over Barents sea July 7, 1959 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh July 7, 1958 C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England vs. NZ Headingley July 7, 1958 President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood July 7, 1958 William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York July 7, 1957 Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast July 7, 1956 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61) July 7, 1956 Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres July 7, 1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings July 7, 1955 1st LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson July 7, 1954 T.A.N.U. party forms in Tanzania July 7, 1953 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich July 7, 1952 SS United States cross Atlantic in record 82:40 July 7, 1951 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60) July 7, 1950 1st Farnborough airshow held July 7, 1950 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63) July 7, 1950 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon July 7, 1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway New York City for 76 performances July 7, 1949 "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967 July 7, 1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy July 7, 1948 Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige at 42 July 7, 1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint July 7, 1944 Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France July 7, 1944 Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan July 7, 1943 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java July 7, 1943 3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova July 7, 1943 Erich Hartmann shoots 7 Russian aircraft at Kursk July 7, 1943 Liberator bombers sinks U-517 July 7, 1942 Germany troop march into Woronezj July 7, 1942 Milt all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0 July 7, 1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania July 7, 1941 U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion July 7, 1939 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60) July 7, 1937 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash July 7, 1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II July 7, 1936 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston July 7, 1934 Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship July 7, 1932 Bradman scores a cricket double century in Montreal July 7, 1930 Construction begins on Boulder Dam July 7, 1929 Romania and Vatican sign concord July 7, 1928 41st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 63) July 7, 1928 Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11" July 7, 1924 Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 " July 7, 1923 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) July 7, 1923 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning July 7, 1923 University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne) July 7, 1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game July 7, 1914 Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty July 7, 1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law July 7, 1911 28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60) July 7, 1911 Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record July 7, 1908 Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay July 7, 1905 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker Ariz (state record) July 7, 1900 Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory July 7, 1898 U.S. annexes Hawaii July 7, 1891 Travelers checks patents July 7, 1878 Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam July 7, 1875 Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri July 7, 1874 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office July 7, 1868 Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey vs. Sussex July 7, 1864 S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington Raid- July 7, 1863 1st military draft by U.S., exemptions cost $100 July 7, 1863 Orders barring Jews from serving under U.S. Grant are revoked July 7, 1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land July 7, 1861 Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia July 7, 1850 Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia July 7, 1846 U.S. annexs California July 7, 1838 Central American federation is dissolved July 7, 1829 Royal Military Chapel forms July 7, 1814 Walter Scott's "Waverley" published July 7, 1807 France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit July 7, 1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published July 7, 1801 Toussaint L'Ouverture declares Haitian independence July 7, 1768 Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel July 7, 1754 Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College) July 7, 1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship July 7, 1713 1st performance of Georg F Handel's "To Deum" and "Jubilate" July 7, 1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge July 7, 1647 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples July 7, 1607 "God Save the King" is 1st sung July 7, 1585 King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms July 7, 1550 Chocolate introduced July 7, 1543 French troops invade Luxembourg July 7, 1498 Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel July 7, 1495 King Ferdinand II returns to Naples July 7, 1456 Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted July 7, 1438 French church/King Charles VII release Pragmatieke Sanctie of Bourges July 7, 1124 Tyrus surrenders to Crusaders |