2015 Zimbabwe seeks extradition of U.S. dentist Walter James Palmer, who killed a protected lion, Cecil, during a hunt; led by a local guide, Palmer believed that the hunt was properly licensed and fully legal 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes air strikes against Islamic State militants for situations in which the forces appear to threaten U.S. personnel; food drops were also carried out along the Syrian border to civilians trapped by the violence 2014 Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2013 U.S. Republicans unveil a series of bills designed to prevent government abuse, including the 'STOP IRS Act,' which would allow IRS employees to be fired when they take actions for political purposes 2013 The super PAC 'Ready for Hillary', has raised over $1 million since its inception this year; much of the money raised comes from mega-donors to President Barack Obama 2012 U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps wins a record 19th Olympic medal, with gold in the 4x200metres freestyle relay 2012 Deutsche Bank, the German global financial services company, announces plans to cut 1,900 jobs 2011 The U.S. Senate fails to pass legislation lifting the debt ceiling; compromise talks continue 2011 A Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737 plane crashed and split in to at the Chaddi Jagan International Airport; no one was injured 2010 Floods in Pakistan kill over 900 people, and the death toll is expected to rise further 1997 A's trade Mark McGwire to St. Louis Cardinals07940601 1994 102.7 degrees F (39.3 degrees C) in Pleschen, East-Germany 1994 28th Curtis Cup: Draw, 9-9 1994 Arcen Limburg averages 71.6 degrees F (22.0 degrees C) in July: record 1994 Helen Alfredss wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship 1994 Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783 1994 Phil Rizzuto (Yankees) and Steve Carlton enter the Hall of Fame 1994 Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m) 1994 Stockholms avgs 21.5 degrees C; their warmest July since 1855 1994 U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti 1993 A's trade Rickey Henderson to Blue Jays 1993 Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops 1993 Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg 1993 Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda 1992 Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec) 1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) 1992 Tamas Darnyi swims world record/Olympics 200m backstroke (1:59.36) 1992 Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die 1992 Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) 1991 Russia and U.S. sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact 1991 Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft 1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence 1990 Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games 1989 Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets 1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open 1988 Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years 1988 Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers 27-21 in London 1988 Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame 1987 "Living Daylights" premieres in U.S. 1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed 1987 Eddie Murray hits his 300th home run 1987 Guns and Roses song "Appetite for Destruction" is released 1987 Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs 1987 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle 1984 Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics 1984 Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed 1983 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson 1983 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame 1983 Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852 1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1982 Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die 1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1981 Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of National Bar Association 1980 John Phillips of Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges 1980 Rangers snap Orioles pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak 1980 Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1979 "But Never Jam Today" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 7 performances 1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris 1978 New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks 1978 Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic 1977 E Henry Knoche, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1977 John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA 1976 Seychelles Independence, Independence day 1976 Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0) 1973 ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to New York Nets 1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later 1973 Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. WI as England lose 1972 Dick Allen is 7th to hit 2 inside-the-park homers in a game 1972 Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic Vice Presidential candidate 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon 1971 Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms 1970 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940) 1970 Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report" 1969 KWIH TV channel 44 in Winona, MN (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 Mariner 6 flies past Mars 1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1968 Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free 1967 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence 1966 Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark 1966 Charles Whitman wounds 46 and kills 5 at University of Texas 1965 Cigarette Ads banned on British TV 1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor 1964 George Lascelles marries Patricia Tuckwell 1964 Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot 1964 U.S. Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon 1963 Arturo Illia elected president of Argentina 1963 Cleveland ties record of 4 consecutive home runs (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown) 1963 Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels) 1962 Federation of Malaysia forms 1962 Statham is Test crickets' leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall 1961 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston 1961 Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant 1960 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state 1960 KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast 1960 Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1959 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens 1958 Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet 1956 Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match 1955 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open 1955 KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast 1955 WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 home runs, 1 double) 1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare created 1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman 1948 "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 581 performances 1948 President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York 1944 Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz 1944 Transport nr 77 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 U.S. troops occupy Sansapor New-Guinea 1943 Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to nazi Germany 1942 German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia 1942 U boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton 1941 U boats sink 21 allied ships this month: 94,000 ton 1940 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton) 1940 Riech's commissar Seyss-Inquart bans homosexuals 1938 New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1937 Politburo enables Operative Order 00447: execute 193,000 Russians 1936 Tokyo, Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled 1935 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in 1934 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1) 1934 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant 1932 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2) 1932 Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Philadelphia A's beat Indians 1-0 1932 George Washington quarter goes into circulation 1932 German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%) 1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yankees beat Red Sox 14-13 1929 Aristide Briand becomes premier of France 1925 Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied 1925 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England 1923 Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University 1922 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) 1922 Italy's general strike against fascist violence 1919 Germany accepts Weimar Constitution 1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins 1914 German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize 1914 Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo 1912 RBC soccer team forms in Roosendaal 1912 U.S. government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights 1911 Hungarian education is only taught in German 1910 Chicago Cub King Cole no-hits St. Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game 1910 Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration 1909 Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1905 Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa 1901 Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands 1900 Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin 1899 Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's 1893 Henry Perky patents shredded wheat 1876 U.S. Coast Guard officers' training school established New Bedford, Massachusetts 1874 Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as President of Georgetown U 1864 Ulysses S. Grant is named General of Volunteers 1861 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record 1855 Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg) 1852 Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg) 1849 Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon 1830 Charles X of France resigns by force 1813 British invade Plattsburgh, New York 1809 1st practical U.S. railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Philadelphia 1794 All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem 1792 Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. government building: U.S. Mint in Philadelphia 1790 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army 1774 Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen 1751 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses 1737 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1667 Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends 1664 Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris 1658 Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor 1653 Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux 1620 Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America 1588 English fleet beats Spanish Armada 1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad 1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine 904 Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies and plunders Thessalonica 768 [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope 432 St. Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
