July 9th in History
1816: Argentina, in South America, declares its independence from Spain


July 9th birthdays
1901: Barbra Cartland, English novelist
1937: David Hockney, English painter
1942: Richard Roundtree, American actor
1956: Tom Hanks, American actor
1957: Kelly McGillis, Australian actress

July 10th in History
1900: Paris subway, the Metro, opens
1962: Telstar, the first private communications satellite, launches
1985: Explosion sinks Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor
1986: Israeli helicopters bomb Palestinian camps


July 10th birthdays
1509: John Calvin, French religious reformer
1871: Marcel Proust, French psychological novelist

July 11th in History
1533: King Henry VIII of England is excommunicated.
1804: American VP Aaron Burr kills US treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton during a duel.
1895: First motion picture is shown in Paris by the Lumiere brothers.
1960: Ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent
1975: Army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China
1979: Debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia
1995: U.S. establishes diplomatic relations with Vietnam


July 11th birthdays
1274: Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland
1656: First Quaker colonists land at Boston
1754: Thomas Bowdler, British censor.
1767: John Quincy Adams, Former (6th) American President
1899: E. B. White, American writer

July 12th in History
1389: In England, Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II
1862: The United States Medal of Honor is created
1920: Panama Canal opened by American president Woodrow Wilson
1975: Sao Tome and Principe declare independence
1990: Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Soviet Communist Party, spelling the end of communism in Russia


July 12th birthdays
1730: Josiah Wedgwood, English potter
1817: Henry Thoreau, American author
1854: George Eastman, American pioneer in photography
1876: Max Jacob, French poet
1884: Amedeo Modigliani, Italian artist
1895: Buckminster Fuller, American architect
1904: Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet
1917: Andrew Wyeth, American painter

July 13th in History
1793: Jean Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French revolution, is murdered
1837: Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace
1863: Beginning of the New York draft riots, regarded as the worst in United States history.
1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot to death
1985: The Live Aid concerts held to raise money for famine victims in Africa


July 13th birthdays
1527: John Dee, English scientist
1811: George G. Scott, British architect
1927: Simone Veil, French politician
1933: David Storey, English novelist
1934: Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer
1942: Harrison Ford, American actor
1943: The Battle of Kursk, largest tank battle in history, ends

July 14th in History
1099: Jerusalem captured in First Crusade
1789: The French revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille prison
1798: In the US, the Sedition Act becomes law making it a federal crime to criticize the US government. Although never tested in court, it is assumed to be unconstitutional.
1867: Alfred Nobel demonstrates his new invention, dynamite, for the first time
1958: Iraq becomes a republic after the assassination of King Faisal
1958: Iraqi monarchy overthrown by Arab nationalists


July 14th birthdays
1602: Jules Mazarin, French statesman
1796: Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist
1862: Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter
1904: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish author
1910: William Hanna, American cartoonist
1912: Woody Guthrie, American folk musician
1913: Gerald Ford, Former (38th) American President
1918: Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director

July 15th in History
1795: The 'Marseillaise' is adopted as the French national anthem
1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone, which will yield better understanding of the ancient egyptian language.
1916: American airline manufacturer Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing), opens its doors.
1975: The US and USSR launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft


July 15th birthdays
1606: Rembrandt, Dutch artist and etcher
1911: Edward Shackleton, English explorer
1913: Hammomd Innes, English novelist
1919: Iris Murdoch, English writer
1930: Jacques Derrida, French philosopher
1933: Guido Crepax, Italian graphic novelist

July 16th in History
1661: The Bank of Stockholm issues Europe's first bank notes
1945: First atomic bomb test, in New Mexico, USA
1965: The Mont Blanc road tunnel, linking France and Italy, opens
1969: Apollo 11, the first manned Moon landing, launched


July 16th birthdays
1907: Barbra Stanwick, American film actress
1911: Ginger Rogers, American film actress/dancer

July 17th in History
1955: Disneyland opens in Los Angeles, CA
1975: The US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission
1980: Military coup in Bolivia


July 17th birthdays
1763: John Jacob Astor, US millionaire
1899: James Cagney, American actor
1935: Donald Sutherland, American actor

July 18th in History
1936: The Spanish Civil war begins with an army revolt against the government


July 18th birthdays
1811: W.M Thackery, English novelist
1918: Nelson Mandella, South African President
1921: John Glenn, American astronaut
1937: Hunter S. Thompson, American writer
1950: Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin