1st july anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1646
  • Germany
  • "Birth of Gottfried Leibniz, mathematician"
  • 1804
  • France
  • "Birth of George Sand, writer and feminist" more
  • 1908
  • United States
  • "Birth of Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (Note: her year of birth is in question, various sources give dates ranging from 1906 to 1910)."
  • 1961
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales"
• event
  • 1690
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of the Boyne – Jacobite forces defeated by William
  • 1837
  • Great Britain
  • "Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths became compulsory in England & Wales."
  • 1858
  • Great Britain
  • "Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution, at the Linnean Society, London." more
  • 1874
  • United States
  • "The first commercial typewriter went on sale, made by Sholes & Glidden." more
  • 1916
  • Great Britain
  • "Start of the Battle of the Somme. 20,000 British troops died and 40,000 were injured on Day 1 of the battle." more
  • 1933
  • Canada
  • Canada suspended all Chinese immigration .
  • 1934
  • United States
  • The Federal Communications Commission took over the role of regulator of broadcasting in the USA from the Federal Radio Commission
  • 1958
  • Canada
  • Flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway began .
  • 1967
  • Great Britain
  • First colour TV in Britain
  • 1968
  • "Britain, the USA, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty."
  • 1969
  • Great Britain
  • Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle
  • 1979
  • The Sony Walkman was launched
  • 1984
  • United States
  • "The Motion Picture Association of America introduced the PG-13 rating, for films containing intense scenes intended for a teenage audience"
  • 1987
  • Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel (see 1990 & 1994)
  • 1994
  • PLO chairman Yasser Arafat returned to Gaza after 27 years in exile
  • 1997
  • China
  • Britain hands back Hong Kong to China
  • 1999
  • Great Britain
  • The Queen officially opened the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh
  • 2007
  • Great Britain
  • Prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places in England (thus completing cover of the entire UK)
• Death
  • 1523
  • Belgium
  • "Death of Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes, first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake in Brussels." more
  • 1566
  • France
  • "Death of Nostradamus, astrologer" more
  • 1884
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-born American detective, founder of the Pinkerton private detective agency, the first of its kind in the USA"
  • 1925
  • France
  • "Death of Erik Satie, composer" more
  • 1974
  • Argentina
  • "Death of Juan Peron, President of Argentina"
  • 1983
  • United States
  • "Death of R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and philosopher ."
  • 1997
  • United States
  • "Death of Robert Mitchum, actor"