July 7 in history
Events on July 7
Notable events that happened on July 7 in past years.
- 2022
Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
Wikipedia article: Boris Johnson - 2016
Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen, killing five of them, in downtown Dallas, Texas at the end of a protest of recent police killings of Black men. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
Wikipedia article: 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers - 2006
A shootout happens in Spiritwood, Canada, killing two Royal Canadian Mounted Police and wounding a third officer.
Wikipedia article: Spiritwood Incident - 1992
The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
Wikipedia article: New York Court of Appeals - 1981
US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Wikipedia article: President of the United States - 1963
Buddhist crisis: Police commanded by Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
Wikipedia article: Buddhist crisis - 1952
The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
Wikipedia article: Ocean liner - 1941
The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
Wikipedia article: Allied occupation of Iceland - 1930
The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities.
Wikipedia article: Lapua Movement - 1911
The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
Wikipedia article: North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 - 1892
The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
Wikipedia article: Katipunan - 1834
In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
Wikipedia article: 1834 New York anti-abolitionist riots - 1770
The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Larga - 1548
Scotland and France conclude the Treaty of Haddington in response to the war known as the "Rough Wooing". According to the treaty, the five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, is to marry the Dauphin of France.
- 1124
The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of 19 weeks.
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