Historical Events in July, Month of July Events
Here is a list of some historical events in July. You can learn What major event happened in July?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 22, 1916 | Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40. |
| July 20, 1932 | In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government. |
| July 1, 1931 | Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft. |
| July 24, 1304 | Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf. |
| July 9, 1386 | The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Duchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach. |
| July 10, 2007 | Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world. |
| July 17, 1976 | East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia. |
| July 26, 2005 | Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people. |
| July 20, 1949 | The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. |
| July 12, 1790 | The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly. |
| July 16, 1969 | Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida. |
| July 1, 1855 | Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States. |
| July 26, 1803 | The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom. |
| July 8, 1933 | The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. |
| July 19, 1977 | The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET). |
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