July 07

Wednesday 07, 2004:

The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires.

Thursday 07, 1994:

Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen, completing the reunification of Yemen.

Sunday 07, 1991:

Yugoslav Wars: Brioni Agreement ended ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Thursday 07, 1983:

Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier Yuri Andropov

Friday 07, 1978:

The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.

Monday 07, 1969:

The Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language is equal to English language throughout the Federal government.

Tuesday 07, 1959:

14:28 UT Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event was used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.

Monday 07, 1958:

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law.

Wednesday 07, 1954:

In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record.

Sunday 07, 1946:

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.

Monday 07, 1947:

Downed UFO believed to be found in the Roswell UFO incident.

Monday 07, 1941:

World War II: American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by Germany.

Wednesday 07, 1937:

Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.

Monday 07, 1930:

Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).

Saturday 07, 1917:

Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government in Russia after the deposing of the tsar.

Thursday 07, 1898:

History of United States imperialism: President of the United States William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

Friday 07, 1865:

American Civil War: Four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

Tuesday 07, 1863:

United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $100

Tuesday 07, 1846:

Mexican War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California.

Tuesday 07, 1807:

Napoleonic Wars: Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.

Sunday 07, 1799:

Ranjit Singh's men take up their positions outside Lahore.

Saturday 07, 1798:

Quasi-War: The U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.'

Wednesday 07, 1543:

French troops invade Luxembourg.

Saturday 07, 1534:

European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.

Monday 07, 1456:

Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy (having been executed in 1431).

Thursday 07, 2005:

Terrorist explosions occur on the London Underground network and on a London Bus.

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