June 29th in History
1943: During World War 2, American forces land in New Guinea
1971: The Soyuz 11 spacecraft docked with the Salyut 1 spacestation for 22 days


June 29th birthdays
1577: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist
1868: George Hale, American astronomer

June 30th in History
1950: US President allows American troops deployement in Korea
1954: USSR opens its first atomic power plant
1960: Belgian Congo becomes an independent state
1968: Gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections


June 30th birthdays
1884: Georges Duhamel, French novelist
1896: Howard Hawks, American film director

July 1st in History
1940: Channel Islands occupied by German forces
1948: Berlin Airlift, supplying Berlin's zones by air
1962: Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries
1991: Warsaw Pact officially disbanded


July 1st birthdays
1916: Olivia de Havilland, American film actress

July 2nd in History
1865: William Booth forms the Salvation Army
1937: Amelia Earhart, the US aviator, disappears somewhere over the Pacific Ocean
1950: American troops land in South Korea


July 2nd birthdays
1714: Christoph von Gluck, German composer
1862: William Henry Bragg, English physicist
1877: Herman Hesse, German novelist

July 3rd in History
1608: Quebec, Canada founded by Samuel Champlain
1863: Battle of Gettysbeurg, during the American Civil War, ends
1928: First color TV transmission, made by John Logie Baird
1988: US warship in the Gulf accidently shoots down Iranian airliner


July 3rd birthdays
1883: Franz Kafka, Czech author
1927: Ken Russell, British film director
1937: Tom Stoppard, British writer/playwirght
1962: Tom Cruise, American actor

July 4th in History
1776: The United States adopt the Declaration of Independence
1946: The Philippine Islands granted independence by the United States


July 4th birthdays
1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author
1807: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian soldier
1927: Neil Simon, American author
1942: Prince Michael of Kent

July 5th in History
1946: Bikini swimsuit first demonstrated at a Paris fashion show
1977: Pakistans leader, Mr Bhutto, deposed by the military


July 5th birthdays
1810: Phineas T. Barnum, Circus entrepreneur
1853: Cecil Rhodes, Founder of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
1901: Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter
1911: Georges Pompidou, French statesman

July 6th in History
1535: Sir Thomas Moore beheaded for treason on Tower Hill, London
1885: First anti rabies vaccine used, developed by Louis Pasteur
1964: Nyasaland becomes the independent state of Malawi
1986: A coup led by pro-Marcos supporters in the Philippines fails


July 6th birthdays
1785: John Paul Jones, American War of Independence hero
1796: Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia
1925: Janet Leigh, American film actress
1935: Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader

July 7th in History
1890: Electric chair used for the first time in the United States
1929: The Vatican City State, with the Pope as leader, created
1941: United States armed forces arrive in Iceland
1985: Robert Mugabe becomes the first President of the newly named Zimbabwe


July 7th birthdays
1901: Vittorio de Sica, Italian film director
1915: Yul Brynner, American actor
1922: Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer

1497: Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India


July 8th birthdays
1838: Graf von Zeppelin, Designer of the Zeppelin airships
1851: Arthur Evans, English archaeologist