Today in History

1st July

1690 The Battle of the Boyne was fought between forces of the deposed and exiled Catholic king, James VII of Scotland and II of England, and the Dutch Protestant new king, William II of Scotland and III of England (William of Orange). It was fought on the banks of the River Boyne near the town of Drogheda in modern day Republic of Ireland, approximately 30 miles north of Dublin. The battle is today commemorated by many Ulster Protestants on or close to 12 July (also referred to as ‘the Twelfth’, ‘the Glorious Twelfth’ or ‘Orangemen’s Day’). The mismatch occurred under the Gregorian calendar and 11 days were effectively lost. Due to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752, the calendar moved forward 11 days.

1837 Compulsory registration of births, marriages and deaths came into effect in England and Wales.

1911 The introduction of the British Copyright Act - protecting an author's works for 50 years after their death.

1960 Ghana became a Republic and Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be its Head of state.

1963 Philby confirmed as 'third man' Former Foreign Office official Philby has admitted he was the "third man" in the case of British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean.

1969 Prince Charles was invested Prince of Wales by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at Caernarfon Castle in north Wales.

1977 British tennis player Virginia Wade won the Women's Singles Championship at Wimbledon in its Centenary Year and during Queen Elizabeth II's Jubilee year.
 
2 July 1991
Guns and Roses front man Axl Rose dives into the audience to take a camera away from a fan who was taking pictures during a concert in Maryland Heights, Missouri.
The ensuing brawl injured 50 people, including 15 police officers, and results in several other Guns and Roses being cancelled
 
2nd July

1698 Devon born Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. He described it as a ''A new invention for raiseing of water and occasioning motion to all sorts of mill work by the impellent force of fire, which will be of great use and advantage for drayning mines, serveing townes with water, and for the working of all sorts of mills where they have not the benefitt of water nor constant windes." A working model was submitted to the Royal Society of London. The engine was ready and testing was undertaken to ensure that it was working to Savery's satisfaction. He then exhibited the engine before King William III at Hampton Court and obtained his patent.

1819 The first Factory Act was passed in Britain. This banned the employment of children younger than 9 from working in textile factories, whilst those under 16 were allowed to work for 'only' 12 hours a day!

1850 The death of Robert Peel. He served twice as Prime Minister (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) and created the modern police force, leading to a new type of officer known in tribute to him as 'bobbies' or 'peelers'.

1928 The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act, widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men. It gave the vote to all women over 21 years old, regardless of property ownership.

2018 British divers, John Volanthen, (an IT consultant based in Bristol) and Rick Stanton, (a former Midlands fire fighter), discovered 12 young Thai footballers and their coach, after nine days trapped in caves in northern Thailand. More than 1,000 people were involved in the global operation. All 13 were rescued after 17 days underground.
 
1698
British engineer, Thomas Savery patents the 1st steam engine
1850
Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
1937
Ameila Earhart&Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean on their way to Howland Island. Noonan is declared dead in 1938, Earhart in 1939
1962
Sam Walton opens his 1st Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas
1979
suffragette, Susan B Anthony dollar is issued,the 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman
1989
U.S jockey,Steve Cauthen becomes the 1st rider in history to win world's 4 major horse riding derbys, Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish
 
On This Day In History, July 3rd

2013 Coup in Egypt
Egyptian defense minister Abdul Fatah al-Sisi staged a coup and forced out President Mohamed Morsi, just over a year after he was elected.

1988 Iran Air flight 655 is shot down by a US Navy ship
The USS Vincennes mistakenly shot down the airplane en route to Dubai, killing all 290 people aboard. The Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser, incorrectly identified the plane as a military aircraft. In 1996, the United States government made a cash settlement with Iran in order to close the case Iran had brought against the US in the International Court of Justice.

1962 Algeria gains its independence from France
Algeria's independence from France, after 132 years of French rule, was finalized after the signing of the Évian Accords in the spa town of Évian-les-Bains. The accords ended a 7-year-long violent war of independence. Independence was finally achieved after July 1, 1962, referendum favored complete Algerian independence. Ahmed Ben Bella became the first President of the country.

1863 Battle of Gettysburg ends
The 3-day long battle during the American Civil War was fought between the Union and Confederacy in-and-around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Thought to be one of the bloodiest battles of the war – around 50,000 soldiers were lost on both sides – the Battle of Gettysburg marked a key turning point in the conflict. The decisive Union victory led to the retreat of Confederate soldiers from the north.

1844 The Great Auks go extinct
The last known pair of Great Auks, members of a species of flightless birds, were killed off the coast of Iceland at the request of a collector. It is believed that the extinction of these birds was caused by human activities and hunting due to the high demand for their feathers.

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Births On This Day, July 3rd 🎂

1980 Harbhajan Singh
Indian cricketer

1971 Julian Assange
Australian journalist, publisher, activist, founder of WikiLeaks

1962 Tom Cruise
American actor, writer, director, producer

1949 Bo Xilai
Chinese politician

1883 Franz Kafka
Czech/German writer

Deaths On This Day, July 3rd 🪦

2012 Andy Griffith
American actor, singer, producer, screenwriter

1995 Pancho Gonzales
American tennis player

1971 Jim Morrison
American singer-songwriter, poet

1935 André Citroën
French engineer, and businessman, founded Citroën

1904 Theodor Herzl
Austrian journalist, author
 
3rd July

1767 One of the remotest places on earth, Pitcairn Island was spotted on this day in 1767 by 15-year old midshipman Robert Pitcairn,

1920 The first RAF air display took place at Hendon, near London.

1938 LNER locomotive No.4468 'Mallard' achieved the world speed record for steam traction. A maximum speed 126 mph was reached between Grantham and Peterborough. Mallard was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and was in service until 1963, when she was retired.

1952 The SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship took the coveted Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary, until that date the fastest passenger liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

1987 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.

2014 A 4m x 4m beach hut at Mudeford Spit near Christchurch in Dorset went on the market for £225,000. The hut has no bathroom, mains electricity or running water and only glimpses of the sea that "can be caught from inside, but the view directly in front of the hut is of (very nice) sand dunes and grass."
 
3 July 2008
USA man gives birth
Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl on this day. Beatie, born a female, was legally a male when he became pregnant.
Despite going through the gender reassignment process, Beatie chose to keep his female reproductive organs in order to still be able to give birth to children.
 
4 July 1966
The Beatles were booed by fans at the airport in Manila after they failed to make a private appearance before President Marcos, his wife and 300 Filipino children. The group claimed they were never told of the engagement.
Marcos then makes a statement regretting the airport incident. After paying taxes on their gate receipts, the band leaves the country vowing never to return.
 
4 July 1985
The Beach Boys played to an afternoon crowd of over one million people in Philadelphia, where they were joined on stage by Mr T, who sat in on drums. Later that evening they performed for over 750,00 people on the Mall in Washington DC
 
4 July 1954
Rationing of meat and bacon through the use of ration books ends bringing to an end rationing in Great Britain which had been in place for 14 years since the beginning of World War II.
During the war all kinds of goods were rationed including: All Meats Butter Sugar Sweets and chocolate Clothes Canned and dried fruit Chocolate biscuits Jelly Mincemeat.
Petrol, plus for a long time fruit was unavailable due to problems in supply and took till the early 1950s before fresh fruit was affordable and available.
 
4th July

1892 The General Election saw the appointment of Britain's first socialist MP - James Keir Hardie, (born in North Lanarkshire) elected for West Ham South.

1879 In the Anglo-Zulu War, the Zululand capital of Ulundi was captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war.

1968 Yachtsman Alec Rose received a hero's welcome as he sailed into Portsmouth after his 354-day round-the-world trip. The 59-year-old was escorted into Portsmouth harbour by 400 motor-boats, yachts, catamarans and canoes blowing sirens and whistles.

2007 BBC correspondent, 45 year old Alan Johnston, was released by kidnappers in the Gaza Strip after 114 days in captivity. An online petition had been signed by some 200,000 people demanding his release.

2012 'The Lock' a work by the English romantic painter John Constable was sold for £22,441,250 - a world record price at auction for the artist.
 
1776
U.S. Congress proclaims Declaration of Independance from Great Britian
1822
The 1st U.S. Military Academy opens at West Point,NY
1865
the 1st edition of Lewis Carroll's book' Alice in Wonderland' is published
1934
Hungarian physcist, Leo Szilard patents chain reaction design for the atomic bomb
1970
disc jockey, Casey Kasem's 'America's Top 40" debuts on Los Angeles radio
2009
Statue of Liberty Crown reopens to the public after 8yrs due to security reasons after the World Trade Center 9/11 attacks
 
On This Day In History, July 5th

1996 World's first live cloned mammal is born
Dolly the Sheep, a domestic ship was cloned using cells from an adult sheep by a team led by Ian Wilmut, and Keith Campbell at the Roslin Institute. While her birth was considered to be a success for cloning science, she did not live very long – scientists had predicted that she would live for about 12 years, but she died just a few months short of her 7th birthday.

1995 Armenian Constitution is adopted
A nationwide referendum led to the approval and adoption of Armenia's constitution. The country had gained its independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

1975 Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal
The Island country had come under Portuguese colonial control in the late 15th century.

1973 Coup in Rwanda
Then Army Chief of Staff, Juvénal Habyarimana, staged a coup and overthrew the President, Grégoire Kayibanda. Habyarimana then held the post of president for 20 years.

1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain
Under the leadership of Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela declared its independence from Spain. This started the Venezuelan War of Independence. The country gained independence 10 years later in 1821.
 

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