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{
"01 July 1725": "Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (d. 1807)",
"01 July 1875": "Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1954)",
"01 July 1885": "Dorothea Mackellar, Australian author and poet (d. 1968)",
"01 July 1910": "Glenn Hardin, American hurdler (d. 1975)",
"01 July 1915": "Nguyễn Văn Linh, Vietnamese politician (d. 1998)",
"01 July 1920": "Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (d. 1982)",
"01 July 1925": "Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011)",
"01 July 1930": "Carol Chomsky, American linguist and academic (d. 2008)",
"01 July 1935": "James Cotton, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player",
"01 July 1940": "Ela Gandhi, South African Member of Parliament and peace activist",
"01 July 1945": "Debbie Harry, American singer, songwriter and actress (Blondie and The Wind in the Willows)",
"01 July 1950": "David Duke, American activist, author, and politician",
"01 July 1955": "Keith Whitley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1989)",
"01 July 1960": "Evelyn \"Champagne\" King, American singer",
"01 July 1965": "Harald Zwart, Norwegian director and producer",
"01 July 1970": "Henry Simmons, American actor",
"01 July 1975": "Sufjan Stevens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Danielson and Marzuki)",
"01 July 1980": "Nelson Cruz, Dominican baseball player",
"01 July 1985": "Léa Seydoux, French actress",
"01 July 1990": "Natsuki Sato, Japanese singer (AKB48)",
"02 July 1665": "Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (d. 1726)",
"02 July 1750": "Thomas Spence, English author (d. 1814)",
"02 July 1820": "George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, and 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory (d. 1878)",
"02 July 1855": "Louis Maxson, American archer (d. 1916)",
"02 July 1865": "Lily Braun, German author (d. 1916)",
"02 July 1900": "Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director (d. 1971)",
"02 July 1915": "Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Italian-English soldier and politician (d. 2014)",
"02 July 1920": "Annette Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2013)",
"02 July 1925": "Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)",
"02 July 1930": "Carlos Menem, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina",
"02 July 1940": "Kenneth Clarke, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain",
"02 July 1950": "Jon Trickett, English politician",
"02 July 1955": "Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan-American actor and producer",
"02 July 1960": "Maria Lourdes Sereno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines",
"02 July 1965": "Norbert Röttgen, German politician",
"02 July 1970": "Steve Morrow, Irish footballer and manager",
"02 July 1975": "Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player",
"02 July 1985": "Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer",
"02 July 1990": "Danny Rose, English footballer",
"03 July 1530": "Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)",
"03 July 1550": "Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (d. 1591)",
"03 July 1590": "Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Italian singer, organist, and composer (d. 1662)",
"03 July 1685": "Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (d. 1768)",
"03 July 1860": "Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (d. 1935)",
"03 July 1870": "R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)",
"03 July 1875": "Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1951)",
"03 July 1880": "Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (d. 1967)",
"03 July 1900": "Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)",
"03 July 1905": "Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach (d. 2006)",
"03 July 1910": "Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1954)",
"03 July 1920": "Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)",
"03 July 1930": "Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (d. 1997)",
"03 July 1935": "Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician",
"03 July 1940": "César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994)",
"03 July 1945": "Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician and academic",
"03 July 1950": "James Hahn, American judge and politician, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles",
"03 July 1955": "Claude Rajotte, Canadian radio and television host",
"03 July 1960": "Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, and VCMG)",
"03 July 1965": "Komsan Pohkong, Thai lawyer and academic",
"03 July 1970": "Shawnee Smith, American actress and singer (Smith & Pyle)",
"03 July 1980": "Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer",
"03 July 1985": "Keisuke Minami, Japanese actor and singer (PureBoys)",
"03 July 1990": "Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer",
"04 July 1330": "Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)",
"04 July 1715": "Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic (d. 1769)",
"04 July 1790": "George Everest, Welsh surveyor and geographer (d. 1866)",
"04 July 1845": "Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)",
"04 July 1895": "Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)",
"04 July 1905": "Lionel Trilling, American author, critic, and educator (d. 1975)",
"04 July 1910": "Gloria Stuart, American actress and singer (d. 2010)",
"04 July 1920": "Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)",
"04 July 1930": "Yuri Tyukalov, Russian rower",
"04 July 1935": "Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (d. 2013)",
"04 July 1940": "Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player",
"04 July 1945": "Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)",
"04 July 1950": "David Jensen, Canadian-English radio host",
"04 July 1960": "Barry Windham, American wrestler",
"04 July 1965": "Harvey Grant, American basketball player and coach",
"04 July 1970": "Tony Vidmar, Australian footballer and manager",
"04 July 1980": "Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer",
"04 July 1985": "Kane Tenace, Australian footballer",
"04 July 1990": "Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer",
"05 July 1670": "Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (d. 1748)",
"05 July 1675": "Mary Walcott, American witness at the Salem witch trials (d. 1719)",
"05 July 1745": "Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824)",
"05 July 1755": "Sarah Siddons, Welsh-English actress (d. 1831)",
"05 July 1780": "François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (d. 1838)",
"05 July 1805": "Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (d. 1865)",
"05 July 1810": "P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1891)",
"05 July 1820": "William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1872)",
"05 July 1860": "Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (d. 1919)",
"05 July 1880": "Constantin Tănase, Romanian actor and playwright (d. 1945)",
"05 July 1885": "André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (d. 1962)",
"05 July 1895": "Gordon Jacob, English composer (d. 1984)",
"05 July 1900": "Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist, founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (d. 1989)",
"05 July 1910": "Georges Vedel, French lawyer and academic (d. 2002)",
"05 July 1915": "John Woodruff, American runner (d. 2007)",
"05 July 1920": "Mary Louise Hancock, American politician",
"05 July 1925": "Jean Raspail, French author and explorer",
"05 July 1940": "Chuck Close, American painter and photographer",
"05 July 1945": "Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of México",
"05 July 1950": "Huey Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor (Huey Lewis and the News and Clover)",
"05 July 1955": "Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player and coach",
"05 July 1960": "Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor",
"05 July 1965": "Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist",
"05 July 1970": "Valentí Massana, Spanish race walker",
"05 July 1975": "Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player",
"05 July 1980": "Jason Wade, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lifehouse)",
"05 July 1985": "Megan Rapinoe, American football player",
"05 July 1990": "Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian-Swedish runner",
"05 July 465": "Ahkal Mo' Naab' I, Mayan ruler (d. 524)",
"05 July 980": "Mokjong of Goryeo, King of Korea (d. 1009)",
"06 July 1580": "Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646)",
"06 July 1785": "William Hooker, English botanist and academic (d. 1865)",
"06 July 1840": "José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter (d. 1912)",
"06 July 1865": "Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)",
"06 July 1875": "Charles Perrin, French rower (d. 1954)",
"06 July 1885": "Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)",
"06 July 1890": "Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)",
"06 July 1900": "Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)",
"06 July 1910": "John Knott (d. 1999)",
"06 July 1925": "Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon",
"06 July 1930": "Gloria Skurzynski, American author",
"06 July 1935": "14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan religious leader",
"06 July 1940": "Jeannie Seely, American singer-songwriter and actress",
"06 July 1945": "Burt Ward, American actor",
"06 July 1950": "Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician",
"06 July 1955": "William Wall, Irish author and poet",
"06 July 1960": "Maria Wasiak, Polish businessman",
"06 July 1970": "Martin Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delirious?)",
"06 July 1975": "Sebastián Rulli, Argentinian-Mexican actor",
"06 July 1980": "JB Magsaysay, Filipino actor, businessman and politician",
"06 July 1985": "Melisa Sözen, Turkish actress",
"06 July 1990": "Justin Schultz, Canadian NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers",
"07 July 1855": "Ludwig Ganghofer, German author and playwright (d. 1920)",
"07 July 1860": "Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1911)",
"07 July 1880": "Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented sliced bread (d. 1960)",
"07 July 1900": "Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990)",
"07 July 1910": "Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter (d. 2010)",
"07 July 1915": "Margaret Walker, American author and poet (d. 1998)",
"07 July 1925": "Gely Korzhev, Russian painter (d. 2012)",
"07 July 1930": "Hank Mobley, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)",
"07 July 1940": "Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Beatles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, and Plastic Ono Band)",
"07 July 1945": "Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer",
"07 July 1960": "Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach",
"07 July 1965": "Jeremy Kyle, English talk show host",
"07 July 1970": "Erik Zabel, German cyclist",
"07 July 1975": "Michael Voss, Australian footballer and coach",
"07 July 1980": "Michelle Kwan, American figure skater",
"07 July 1985": "Marc Stein, German footballer",
"07 July 1990": "Pascal Stöger, Austrian footballer",
"07 July 2000": "Princess Purnika of Nepal",
"08 July 1545": "Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)",
"08 July 1760": "Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (d. 1826)",
"08 July 1830": "Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)",
"08 July 1885": "Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (d. 1948)",
"08 July 1890": "Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (d. 1973)",
"08 July 1895": "Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)",
"08 July 1900": "George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959)",
"08 July 1905": "Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997)",
"08 July 1920": "Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, Indian civil servant (d. 2013)",
"08 July 1925": "Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)",
"08 July 1930": "Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (d. 2014)",
"08 July 1935": "Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and astronaut",
"08 July 1940": "Karin Hannak, Austrian artist",
"08 July 1945": "Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation",
"08 July 1955": "Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (d. 2008)",
"08 July 1960": "Mal Meninga, Australian rugby player and coach",
"08 July 1965": "Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader",
"08 July 1970": "Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach",
"08 July 1975": "Elias Viljanen, Finnish singer and guitarist (Sonata Arctica)",
"08 July 1980": "Robbie Keane, Irish footballer",
"08 July 1985": "Triin Aljand, Estonian swimmer",
"09 July 1775": "Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (d. 1818)",
"09 July 1800": "Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (d. 1885)",
"09 July 1825": "Addison Crandall Gibbs, American politician, 2nd Governor of Oregon (d. 1886)",
"09 July 1905": "Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1984)",
"09 July 1915": "Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (d. 2008)",
"09 July 1925": "Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (d. 2010)",
"09 July 1930": "Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 2007)",
"09 July 1935": "Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)",
"09 July 1940": "Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (d. 2010)",
"09 July 1945": "Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)",
"09 July 1950": "Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine",
"09 July 1955": "Jimmy Smits, American actor and producer",
"09 July 1960": "Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Argentinian journalist, photographer, and author",
"09 July 1965": "Michael Spies, German footballer",
"09 July 1970": "Masami Tsuda, Japanese author and illustrator",
"09 July 1975": "Robert Koenig, American film director, producer, writer and editor (Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army)",
"09 July 1985": "Kat Alano, Filipino-English actress, host, VJ, and model",
"09 July 1990": "Fábio Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer",
"09 July 1995": "Georgie Henley, English actress",
"10 July 1625": "Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)",
"10 July 1830": "Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (d. 1903)",
"10 July 1835": "Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1880)",
"10 July 1875": "Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (d. 1955)",
"10 July 1895": "Carl Orff, German composer and educator (d. 1982)",
"10 July 1900": "Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979)",
"10 July 1905": "Wolfram Sievers, German physician (d. 1948)",
"10 July 1920": "Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)",
"10 July 1925": "Mahathir Mohamad, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia",
"10 July 1930": "Josephine Veasey, British mezzo-soprano",
"10 July 1935": "Tura Satana, American actress and dancer (d. 2011)",
"10 July 1940": "Helen Donath, American soprano and actress",
"10 July 1945": "Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster",
"10 July 1950": "Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior",
"10 July 1955": "Nic Dakin, English educator and politician",
"10 July 1960": "Seth Godin, American theorist and author",
"10 July 1965": "Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist",
"10 July 1970": "Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress",
"10 July 1975": "Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor",
"10 July 1980": "Han Eun-jung, South Korean actress",
"10 July 1985": "Mario Gómez, German footballer",
"10 July 1990": "Eunan O'Kane, Northern Irish footballer",
"10 July 1995": "Dor Hugi, Israeli footballer",
"11 July 1850": "Annie Armstrong, American missionary (d. 1938)",
"11 July 1880": "Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic (d. 1964)",
"11 July 1895": "Dorothy Wilde, English-Irish author (d. 1941)",
"11 July 1910": "Irene Hervey, American actress (d. 1998)",
"11 July 1920": "James von Brunn, American murderer, committed the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting (d. 2010)",
"11 July 1925": "Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)",
"11 July 1930": "Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (d. 2013)",
"11 July 1935": "Oliver Napier, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 2011)",
"11 July 1940": "Yvon Charbonneau, Canadian politician",
"11 July 1950": "Bonnie Pointer, American singer (The Pointer Sisters)",
"11 July 1955": "Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician (d. 2010)",
"11 July 1965": "Scott Shriner, American bass player (Weezer)",
"11 July 1970": "Eric Owens, American operatic bass-baritone",
"11 July 1975": "Lil' Kim, American rapper, producer, and actress",
"11 July 1980": "Im Soo-jung, South Korean actress",
"11 July 1985": "Nitya Vidyasagar, Indian actress",
"11 July 1990": "Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player",
"12 July 100 BC": "Julius Caesar, Roman general (d. 44 BC)",
"12 July 1675": "Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1742)",
"12 July 1730": "Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)",
"12 July 1850": "Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (d. 1912)",
"12 July 1855": "Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower (d. 1908)",
"12 July 1870": "Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949)",
"12 July 1880": "Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1962)",
"12 July 1895": "Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (d. 1960)",
"12 July 1900": "Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (d. 1962)",
"12 July 1920": "Beah Richards, American actress and playwright (d. 2000)",
"12 July 1925": "Roger Smith, American businessman (d. 2007)",
"12 July 1930": "Irene Sutcliffe, English actress",
"12 July 1935": "Roy Barraclough, English actor",
"12 July 1945": "Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor, singer, and director",
"12 July 1950": "Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach",
"12 July 1955": "Jimmy LaFave, American singer-songwriter and guitarist",
"12 July 1960": "Corynne Charby, French model, actress, and singer",
"12 July 1965": "Robin Wilson, American singer and guitarist (Gin Blossoms and Gas Giants)",
"12 July 1970": "Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor",
"12 July 1975": "Kai Greene, American bodybuilder",
"12 July 1980": "Rico Robles, Filipino DJ",
"12 July 1985": "Natasha Poly, Russian model",
"12 July 1990": "Bebé, Portuguese footballer",
"12 July 1995": "Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast",
"13 July 1590": "Pope Clement X (d. 1676)",
"13 July 1745": "Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (d. 1818)",
"13 July 1760": "István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1829)",
"13 July 1770": "Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician (d. 1837)",
"13 July 1895": "Sidney Blackmer, American actor and singer (d. 1973)",
"13 July 1900": "George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969)",
"13 July 1905": "Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (d. 1990)",
"13 July 1910": "Loren Pope, American journalist and author (d. 2008)",
"13 July 1915": "Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (d. 1989)",
"13 July 1920": "Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)",
"13 July 1930": "Viktor Tsybulenko, Ukrainian javelin thrower (d. 2013)",
"13 July 1935": "Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist",
"13 July 1940": "Patrick Stewart, English actor, director, and producer",
"13 July 1950": "Ma Ying-jeou, Hong Kong-Taiwanese politician, 12th President of the Republic of China",
"13 July 1955": "Mark Mendoza, American bass player (Twisted Sister and The Dictators)",
"13 July 1960": "Ian Hislop, Welsh-English journalist and screenwriter",
"13 July 1965": "Lesli Kay, American actress",
"13 July 1970": "Andrei Tivontchik, German pole vaulter",
"13 July 1975": "Mariada Pieridi, Cypriot singer-songwriter",
"13 July 1980": "Master Saleem, Indian singer",
"13 July 1985": "Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer",
"13 July 1990": "Eduardo Salvio, Argentinian footballer",
"14 July 1610": "Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)",
"14 July 1675": "Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (d. 1747)",
"14 July 1755": "Michel de Beaupuy, French general (d. 1796)",
"14 July 1785": "Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (d. 1851)",
"15 July 1800": "Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (d. 1878)",
"15 July 1850": "Francesca S. Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (d. 1917)",
"15 July 1865": "Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)",
"15 July 1880": "Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician (d. 1950)",
"15 July 1905": "Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. 1974)",
"15 July 1915": "Albert Ghiorso, American chemist (d. 2010)",
"15 July 1920": "D. V. Narasa Raju, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)",
"15 July 1925": "Taylor Hardwick, American architect, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (d. 2014)",
"15 July 1930": "Stephen Smale, American mathematician and computer scientist",
"15 July 1935": "Ken Kercheval, American actor",
"15 July 1940": "Robert Winston, English surgeon and politician",
"15 July 1945": "Jürgen Möllemann, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 2003)",
"15 July 1950": "Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and author, founded The Huffington Post",
"15 July 1960": "Kim Alexis, American model and actress",
"15 July 1965": "David Miliband, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs",
"15 July 1970": "Jim Rash, American actor, producer, and screenwriter",
"15 July 1975": "Ben Pepper, Australian basketball player",
"15 July 1980": "Mike Zambidis, Greek kick-boxer and martial artist",
"15 July 1985": "Burak Yılmaz, Turkish footballer",
"15 July 1990": "Damian Lillard, American basketball player",
"16 July 1870": "Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and scholar (d. 1956)",
"16 July 1875": "Emil Voigt, American gymnast (d. 1961)",
"16 July 1880": "Kathleen Norris, American author (d. 1966)",
"16 July 1895": "Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 1968)",
"16 July 1910": "Gordon Prange, American author (d. 1980)",
"16 July 1915": "Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006)",
"16 July 1920": "Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2002)",
"16 July 1925": "Cal Tjader, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1982)",
"16 July 1930": "Michael Bilirakis, American lawyer and politician",
"16 July 1935": "Carl Epting Mundy, Jr., American general (d. 2014)",
"16 July 1945": "Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe, English politician",
"16 July 1950": "Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer (d. 2007)",
"16 July 1955": "Annie Whitehead, English trombonist",
"16 July 1960": "Terry Pendleton, American baseball player and coach",
"16 July 1965": "Sherri Stoner, American actress, producer, and screenwriter",
"16 July 1970": "Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter",
"16 July 1975": "Jamie Oliver, Welsh singer and keyboard player (Lostprophets and No Devotion)",
"16 July 1980": "Adam Scott, Australian golfer",
"16 July 1985": "Denis Tahirović, Croatian footballer",
"16 July 1990": "Johann Zarco, French motorcycle racer",
"17 July 1695": "Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (d. 1766)",
"17 July 1745": "Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)",
"17 July 1845": "Hugo Treffner, Estonian academic (d. 1912)",
"17 July 1870": "Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish bagpipe player (d. 1939)",
"17 July 1900": "Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983)",
"17 July 1910": "Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist (d. 1953)",
"17 July 1915": "Arthur Rothstein, American photojournalist and teacher (d. 1985)",
"17 July 1920": "Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 2010)",
"17 July 1925": "Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor (d. 2014)",
"17 July 1935": "Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor",
"17 July 1940": "Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter",
"17 July 1945": "John Patten, Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education",
"17 July 1950": "P. J. Soles, German-American actress",
"17 July 1955": "Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author",
"17 July 1960": "Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager",
"17 July 1965": "Santiago Segura, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter",
"17 July 1975": "Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician and academic",
"17 July 1980": "Ryan Miller, American ice hockey player",
"17 July 1985": "Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player",
"17 July 2000": "Maria Aragon, Canadian singer",
"18 July 1670": "Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1747)",
"18 July 1720": "Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (d. 1793)",
"18 July 1845": "Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)",
"18 July 1850": "Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (d. 1939)",
"18 July 1890": "Frank Forde, Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983)",
"18 July 1895": "Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1991)",
"18 July 1900": "Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999)",
"18 July 1910": "Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (d. 1989)",
"18 July 1920": "Eric Brandon, English race car driver (d. 1982)",
"18 July 1925": "Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 2012)",
"18 July 1930": "Burt Kwouk, English actor",
"18 July 1935": "Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya",
"18 July 1940": "Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager",
"18 July 1945": "Pat Doherty, Irish politician",
"18 July 1950": "Mark Udall, American educator and politician",
"18 July 1955": "Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor",
"18 July 1960": "Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress",
"18 July 1965": "Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano",
"18 July 1975": "Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (System of a Down and Scars on Broadway)",
"18 July 1980": "Ryōko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer",
"18 July 1985": "Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer",
"19 July 1670": "Richard Leveridge, English singer-songwriter (d. 1758)",
"19 July 1800": "Juan José Flores, Venezuelan general and politician, 1st President of Ecuador (d. 1864)",
"19 July 1860": "Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (d. 1927)",
"19 July 1865": "Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon, founded the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)",
"19 July 1890": "George II of Greece (d. 1947)",
"19 July 1895": "Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (d. 1953)",
"19 July 1920": "Aldo Protti, Italian opera singer (d. 1995)",
"19 July 1930": "Darko Suvin, Yugoslav-Canadian academic and critic",
"19 July 1935": "Vasily Livanov, Russian actor and screenwriter",
"19 July 1945": "George Dzundza, German-American actor",
"19 July 1950": "Adrian Noble, English director and screenwriter",
"19 July 1955": "Dalton McGuinty, Canadian politician, 24th Premier of Ontario",
"19 July 1960": "Kevin Haskins, composer, drummer (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail)",
"19 July 1965": "Claus-Dieter Wollitz, German footballer and manager",
"19 July 1970": "Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland",
"19 July 1975": "Wax Tailor, French DJ and producer",
"19 July 1980": "Mark Webber, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter",
"19 July 1985": "Marina Kuzina, Russian basketball player",
"19 July 1990": "Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor",
"19 July 1995": "María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (d. 2014)",
"19 July 810": "Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (d. 870)",
"20 July 1620": "Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder, Dutch poet and scholar (d. 1681)",
"20 July 1890": "Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1960)",
"20 July 1895": "László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)",
"20 July 1910": "Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (d. 2004)",
"20 July 1920": "Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1999)",
"20 July 1925": "Frantz Fanon, French",
"20 July 1930": "Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress",
"20 July 1935": "Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, English businessman and art collector",
"20 July 1945": "Bo Rein, American football player and coach (d. 1980)",
"20 July 1950": "Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor and director",
"20 July 1955": "René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright",
"20 July 1960": "Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher",
"20 July 1975": "Atiq-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer and coach",
"20 July 1980": "Gisele Bündchen, Brazilian model and actress",
"20 July 1985": "Anastasia Perraki, Greek model",
"20 July 1990": "Lars Unnerstall, German Footballer, formerly played for FC Schalke 04,",
"21 July 1620": "Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682)",
"21 July 1710": "Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (d. 1792)",
"21 July 1810": "Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)",
"21 July 1870": "Emil Orlík, Czech painter (d. 1932)",
"21 July 1875": "Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1947)",
"21 July 1880": "Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (d. 1919)",
"21 July 1885": "Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, screenwriter, and director (d. 1948)",
"21 July 1920": "Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001)",
"21 July 1930": "Helen Merrill, American singer",
"21 July 1935": "Moe Drabowsky, Polish-American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)",
"21 July 1945": "Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)",
"21 July 1950": "Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer and coach",
"21 July 1955": "Béla Tarr, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter",
"21 July 1960": "Fritz Walter, German footballer",
"21 July 1965": "Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (d. 1992)",
"21 July 1970": "Shawn Stasiak, American wrestler and chiropractor",
"21 July 1975": "Mike Sellers, American football player",
"21 July 1980": "CC Sabathia, American baseball player",
"21 July 1985": "Von Wafer, American basketball player",
"22 July 1210": "Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (d. 1238)",
"22 July 1510": "Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (d. 1537)",
"22 July 1535": "Catherine Stenbock, Swedish wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)",
"22 July 1755": "Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1839)",
"22 July 1890": "Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (d. 1995)",
"22 July 1895": "León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1976)",
"22 July 1915": "Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (d. 2000)",
"22 July 1940": "Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host and producer",
"22 July 1945": "Philip Cohen, English biochemist and academic",
"22 July 1955": "Willem Dafoe, American actor",
"22 July 1960": "Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Jon Oliva's Pain)",
"22 July 1965": "Doug Riesenberg, American football player and coach",
"22 July 1970": "Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player",
"22 July 1975": "Sam Jacobson, American basketball player",
"22 July 1980": "Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter",
"22 July 1985": "Akira Tozawa, Japanese wrestler",
"23 July 1705": "Francis Blomefield, English historian (d. 1752)",
"23 July 1775": "Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812)",
"23 July 1865": "Henry Norris, English businessman, politician and football club director (d. 1934)",
"23 July 1885": "Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume (d. 1935)",
"23 July 1895": "Aileen Pringle, American actress (d. 1989)",
"23 July 1900": "John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010)",
"23 July 1905": "Leopold Engleitner, Austrian holocaust survivor, author, and educator (d. 2013)",
"23 July 1920": "Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (d. 1999)",
"23 July 1925": "Gloria DeHaven, American actress and singer",
"23 July 1935": "Hein Heinsen, Danish sculptor",
"23 July 1940": "Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician (d. 2010)",
"23 July 1945": "Edward Gregson, English composer",
"23 July 1950": "Alan Turner, Australian cricketer",
"23 July 1960": "Al Perez, American wrestler",
"23 July 1965": "Dick Jaspers, Dutch billiards player",
"23 July 1970": "Sam Watters, American singer-songwriter and producer (Color Me Badd)",
"23 July 1975": "Sung Hyun-ah, South Korean model and actress",
"23 July 1980": "Michelle Williams, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Destiny's Child)",
"23 July 1985": "Anna Maria Mühe, German actress",
"23 July 1990": "Young JV, Filipino actor, singer, dancer, and host",
"24 July 1660": "Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1718)",
"24 July 1725": "John Newton, English sailor and clergyman (d. 1807)",
"24 July 1860": "Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter (d. 1939)",
"24 July 1880": "Kristian Hellström, Swedish runner (d. 1946)",
"24 July 1895": "Robert Graves, English-Spanish author, poet, and scholar (d. 1985)",
"24 July 1900": "Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet (d. 1948)",
"24 July 1910": "Harry Horner, American director and production designer (d. 1994)",
"24 July 1915": "Dick Sprang, American illustrator (d. 2000)",
"24 July 1920": "Constance Dowling, American model and actress (d. 1969)",
"24 July 1930": "Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, 10th Chief Minister of Gujarat",
"24 July 1935": "Derek Varnals, South African cricketer",
"24 July 1940": "Dan Hedaya, American actor",
"24 July 1945": "Anthony Watts, British marine geologist and geophysicist",
"24 July 1950": "Arliss Ryan, American author",
"24 July 1955": "Brad Watson, American author and academic",
"24 July 1960": "Catherine Destivelle, Algerian-French rock climber and mountaineer",
"24 July 1965": "Doug Liman, American director and producer",
"24 July 1970": "Elli Kokkinou, Greek singer",
"24 July 1975": "Torrie Wilson, American wrestler and model",
"24 July 1980": "Joel Stroetzel, American guitarist (Killswitch Engage and Aftershock)",
"24 July 1985": "Eric Wright, American football player",
"24 July 1990": "Dean Stoneman, English race car driver",
"25 July 1750": "Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (d. 1806)",
"25 July 1860": "Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (d. 1917)",
"25 July 1865": "Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch conservationist and botanist (d. 1945)",
"25 July 1870": "Maxfield Parrish, American illustrator (d. 1966)",
"25 July 1875": "Jim Corbett, Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (d. 1955)",
"25 July 1895": "Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress (d. 1968)",
"25 July 1905": "Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (d. 1990)",
"25 July 1915": "Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)",
"25 July 1920": "Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1958)",
"25 July 1925": "Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician",
"25 July 1930": "Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)",
"25 July 1935": "Lars Werner, Swedish politician (d. 2013)",
"25 July 1940": "Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (d. 2013)",
"25 July 1945": "Donna Theodore, American actress and singer",
"25 July 1950": "Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Colosseum, Mountain, Natural Gas, and Uriah Heep)",
"25 July 1955": "Tom McCamus, Canadian actor",
"25 July 1960": "Justice Howard, American photographer",
"25 July 1965": "Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter",
"25 July 1970": "Ernesto Alterio, Argentinian-Spanish actor",
"25 July 1975": "El Zorro, Mexican wrestler",
"25 July 1980": "Scott Waldrom, New Zealand rugby player",
"25 July 1985": "Shantel VanSanten, American actress and model",
"25 July 1990": "Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress",
"25 July 2000": "Preston Bailey, American actor",
"26 July 1030": "Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1079)",
"26 July 1855": "Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1936)",
"26 July 1865": "Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (d. 1910)",
"26 July 1875": "Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic (d. 1939)",
"26 July 1880": "Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic (d. 1951)",
"26 July 1885": "André Maurois, French author (d. 1967)",
"26 July 1890": "Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)",
"26 July 1895": "Jane Bunford, English giant (d. 1922)",
"26 July 1900": "Pat Walshe, American actor (d. 1991)",
"26 July 1920": "Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (d. 1983)",
"26 July 1925": "Ana María Matute, Spanish author (d. 2014)",
"26 July 1930": "Barbara Jefford, English actress",
"26 July 1940": "Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and actor",
"26 July 1945": "Helen Mirren, English actress",
"26 July 1950": "Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)",
"26 July 1955": "Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani politician, 11th President of Pakistan",
"26 July 1965": "Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer",
"26 July 1970": "Joan Wasser, American singer-songwriter and violinist (The Dambuilders, Those Bastard Souls, and Antony and the Johnsons)",
"26 July 1975": "Elizabeth Truss, English politician",
"26 July 1980": "Mugdha Godse, Indian model and actress",
"26 July 1985": "Georgina Sherrington, English actress",
"26 July 1995": "Holly Bodimeade, English actress",
"27 July 1740": "Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)",
"27 July 1835": "Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)",
"27 July 1870": "Hilaire Belloc, French-English author and politician (d. 1953)",
"28 July 1635": "Robert Hooke, English physicist and chemist (d. 1703)",
"28 July 1750": "Fabre d'Églantine French actor, playwright, and politician (d. 1794)",
"28 July 1815": "Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (d. 1889)",
"28 July 1860": "Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)",
"28 July 1900": "Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965)",
"28 July 1915": "Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)",
"28 July 1920": "Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (d. 2014)",
"28 July 1925": "Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)",
"28 July 1930": "Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general (d. 2014)",
"28 July 1935": "Neil McKendrick, English historian and academic",
"28 July 1940": "Philip Proctor, American voice actor and screenwriter",
"28 July 1945": "Jim Davis, American cartoonist, created Garfield",
"28 July 1950": "Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian singer-songwriter",
"28 July 1955": "Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian skier",
"28 July 1960": "Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator",
"28 July 1965": "Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and producer",
"28 July 1970": "Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach",
"28 July 1975": "Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer (Marlango)",
"28 July 1980": "Anthony Weaver, American football player",
"28 July 1985": "Sharifah Sofia, English-Malaysian actress",
"28 July 1990": "Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer",
"29 July 1605": "Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (d. 1659)",
"29 July 1805": "Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (d. 1859)",
"29 July 1860": "Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (d. 1940)",
"29 July 1880": "John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971)",
"29 July 1885": "Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)",
"29 July 1900": "Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964)",
"29 July 1905": "Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935)",
"29 July 1910": "Helend Peep, Estonian actor (d. 2007)",
"29 July 1915": "Francis W. Sargent, American politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)",
"29 July 1920": "Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman, founded Sentia Media (d. 2007)",
"29 July 1925": "Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer",
"29 July 1930": "Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer",
"29 July 1935": "Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor",
"29 July 1945": "Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager",
"29 July 1950": "Mike Starr, American actor",
"29 July 1955": "Stephen Timms, English politician",
"29 July 1960": "Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author",
"29 July 1965": "Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter (Corrosion of Conformity)",
"29 July 1970": "John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer",
"29 July 1975": "Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer",
"29 July 1980": "Ben Koller, American drummer (Converge, United Nations, and All Pigs Must Die)",
"29 July 1985": "Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player",
"29 July 1990": "Joseph Wallace, American murder victim (d. 1993)",
"29 July 1995": "Kiray, Filipino actress",
"30 July 1825": "Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and author (d. 1893)",
"30 July 1855": "Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German businessman (d. 1919)",
"30 July 1885": "Russell van Horn, American boxer (d. 1970)",
"30 July 1890": "Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)",
"30 July 1895": "Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963)",
"30 July 1910": "Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (d. 2003)",
"30 July 1920": "Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)",
"30 July 1925": "Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author (d. 1984)",
"30 July 1940": "Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research",
"30 July 1945": "David Sanborn, American saxophonist and composer",
"30 July 1950": "Simón Trinidad, Colombian guerrilla leader",
"30 July 1955": "Christopher Warren-Green, English violinist and conductor",
"30 July 1960": "Jeff Rudom, American basketball player and actor (d. 2011)",
"30 July 1965": "Tim Munton, England cricketer",
"30 July 1970": "Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter",
"30 July 1975": "Kate Starbird, American basketball player",
"30 July 1980": "Justin Rose, South African-English golfer",
"30 July 1985": "Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer",
"30 July 1990": "Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer",
"31 July 1800": "Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic (d. 1882)",
"31 July 1825": "William S. Clark, American colonel and politician (d. 1886)",
"31 July 1835": "Paul du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer (d. 1903)",
"31 July 1860": "Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator (d. 1940)",
"31 July 1880": "Premchand, Indian author and playwright (d. 1936)",
"31 July 1920": "Percy Herbert, English actor (d. 1992)",
"31 July 1930": "Oleg Popov, Russian clown",
"31 July 1935": "Anthony Scrivener, English lawyer (d. 2015)",
"31 July 1940": "Roy Walker, Irish comedian, actor, and game show host",
"31 July 1945": "William Weld, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of Massachusetts",
"31 July 1950": "Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter",
"31 July 1955": "Jakie Quartz, French singer",
"31 July 1960": "Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Josef K)",
"31 July 1965": "J. K. Rowling, English author",
"31 July 1970": "Dave Wedge, American journalist and author",
"31 July 1975": "Allan von Schenkel, American bassist and composer",
"31 July 1980": "Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player",
"31 July 1985": "Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist",
"31 July 1990": "Besart Abdurahimi, Croatian footballer"
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deaths_july.json
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"01 July 1860": "Charles Goodyear, American engineer (b. 1800)",
"01 July 1905": "John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)",
"01 July 1925": "Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)",
"01 July 1950": "Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (b. 1873)",
"01 July 1965": "Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)",
"01 July 1995": "Wolfman Jack, American radio host (b. 1938)",
"01 July 2000": "Walter Matthau, American actor and singer (b. 1920)",
"01 July 2005": "Luther Vandross, American singer, songwriter and producer (Change) (b. 1951)",
"01 July 2010": "Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (b. 1929)",
"02 July 1850": "Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)",
"02 July 1915": "Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)",
"02 July 1950": "Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer (b. 1872)",
"02 July 1975": "James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)",
"02 July 1995": "Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1920)",
"02 July 2000": "Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)",
"02 July 2005": "Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)",
"02 July 2010": "Beryl Bainbridge, English actress, screenwriter, and author (b. 1932)",
"03 July 1570": "Aonio Paleario, Italian academic and reformer (b. 1500)",
"03 July 1790": "Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1736)",
"03 July 1795": "Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)",
"03 July 1935": "André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (b. 1878)",
"03 July 1940": "Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan politician, Mayor of Chișinău (b. 1882)",
"03 July 1960": "Noël Bas, French gymnast (b. 1877)",
"03 July 1965": "Trigger, American horse (b. 1932)",
"03 July 1985": "Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1893)",
"03 July 1995": "Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)",
"03 July 2000": "Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor and producer (b. 1944)",
"03 July 2005": "Gaylord Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1916)",
"03 July 2010": "Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planned the Munich massacre (b. 1937)",
"03 July 710": "Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (b. 656)",
"04 July 1780": "Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)",
"04 July 1850": "William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)",
"04 July 1905": "Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)",
"04 July 1910": "Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)",
"04 July 1970": "Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)",
"04 July 1980": "Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)",
"04 July 1995": "Bob Ross, American painter and television host (b. 1942)",
"04 July 2000": "Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)",
"04 July 2005": "Cliff Goupille, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)",
"04 July 2010": "Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric (b. 1935)",
"04 July 965": "Pope Benedict V",
"05 July 1375": "Charles III, Count of Alençon (b. 1337)",
"05 July 1715": "Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)",
"05 July 1920": "Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)",
"05 July 1935": "Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)",
"05 July 1945": "John Curtin, Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)",
"05 July 1965": "Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)",
"05 July 1995": "Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor (b. 1919)",
"05 July 2005": "James Stockdale, American admiral (b. 1923)",
"05 July 2010": "Bob Probert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)",
"06 July 1415": "Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)",
"06 July 1480": "Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1416)",
"06 July 1535": "Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)",
"06 July 1585": "Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)",
"06 July 1835": "John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)",
"06 July 1930": "Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (b. 1869)",
"06 July 1960": "Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)",
"06 July 1995": "Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)",
"06 July 2000": "Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)",
"06 July 2005": "Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)",
"07 July 1730": "Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1690)",
"07 July 1790": "François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)",
"07 July 1865": "conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln",
"07 July 1890": "Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)",
"07 July 1925": "Clarence Hudson White American photographer and educator (b. 1871)",
"07 July 1930": "Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and author, created Sherlock Holmes (b. 1859)",
"07 July 1950": "Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923)",
"07 July 1960": "Francis Browne, Irish photographer (b. 1880)",
"07 July 1965": "Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)",
"07 July 1975": "Ruffian, American race horse (b. 1972)",
"07 July 1980": "Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)",
"07 July 1990": "Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Barão Vermelho) (b. 1958)",
"08 July 1695": "Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)",
"08 July 1850": "Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)",
"08 July 1895": "Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)",
"08 July 1905": "Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)",
"08 July 1930": "Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)",
"08 July 1950": "Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)",
"08 July 1965": "Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)",
"08 July 1985": "Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1909)",
"08 July 1990": "Howard Duff, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1913)",
"08 July 1995": "Aleksander Arulaid, Estonian chess player (b. 1924)",
"08 July 810": "Pepin of Italy (b. 773)",
"08 July 975": "Edgar the Peaceful, English king (b. 943)",
"09 July 1795": "Henry Seymour Conway, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1721)",
"09 July 1850": "Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)",
"09 July 1880": "Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)",
"09 July 1940": "Józef Biniszkiewicz, Silesian politician (b. 1875)",
"09 July 1955": "Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)",
"09 July 1980": "Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1913)",
"09 July 1985": "Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-American founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)",
"09 July 2005": "Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)",
"09 July 2010": "Jessica Anderson, Australian author (b. 1916)",
"10 July 1290": "Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262)",
"10 July 1460": "Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1402)",
"10 July 1480": "René of Anjou (b. 1410)",
"10 July 1590": "Charles II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1540)",
"10 July 1680": "Louis Moréri, French priest (b. 1643)",
"10 July 1920": "John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sri Lankan-English admiral (b. 1841)",
"10 July 1950": "Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)",
"10 July 1970": "Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)",
"10 July 1985": "Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (b. 1950)",
"10 July 2000": "Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (b. 1909)",
"10 July 645": "Soga no Iruka, Japanese politician",
"11 July 1535": "Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1484)",
"11 July 1775": "Simon Boerum, American politician (b. 1724)",
"11 July 1825": "Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)",
"11 July 1905": "Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)",
"11 July 1920": "Eugénie de Montijo, Spanish wife of Napoleon III (b. 1826)",
"11 July 1985": "George Duvivier, American jazz bassist (b. 1920)",
"11 July 2000": "Robert Runcie, English archbishop (b. 1921)",
"11 July 2005": "Frances Langford, American actress and singer (b. 1914)",
"11 July 2010": "Bob Sheppard, American sportscaster (b. 1910)",
"12 July 1645": "Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)",
"12 July 1845": "Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)",
"12 July 1870": "John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)",
"12 July 1910": "Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)",
"12 July 1935": "Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)",
"12 July 1945": "Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)",
"12 July 1950": "Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)",
"12 July 1960": "Buddy Adler, American film producer (b. 1909)",
"12 July 1965": "Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)",
"12 July 1990": "João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917)",
"12 July 2010": "Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (b. 1939)",
"13 July 1205": "Hubert Walter, English archbishop (b. 1160)",
"13 July 1755": "Edward Braddock, English general (b. 1695)",
"13 July 1760": "Conrad Weiser, German-American diplomat (b. 1696)",
"13 July 1890": "Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (b. 1819)",
"13 July 1945": "Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)",
"13 July 1955": "Ruth Ellis, British convicted murderer (b. 1926)",
"13 July 1960": "Joy Davidman, American-born UK-based poet and author (b. 1915)",
"13 July 1965": "Photis Kontoglou, Greek painter (b. 1895)",
"13 July 1970": "Leslie Groves, American general (b. 1896)",
"13 July 1980": "Seretse Khama, Botswana politician, 1st President of Botswana (b. 1921)",
"13 July 1995": "Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (b. 1920)",
"13 July 2000": "Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (b. 1914)",
"13 July 2010": "George Steinbrenner, American businessman (b. 1930)",
"14 July 1860": "Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (d. 1938)",
"14 July 1865": "Arthur Capper, American journalist and politician, 20th Governor of Kansas (d. 1951)",
"14 July 1885": "Sisavang Vong, Laos king (d. 1959)",
"14 July 1890": "Ossip Zadkine, Russian sculptor (d. 1967)",
"14 July 1910": "William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (d. 2001)",
"14 July 1920": "Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician, Minister of Finance for India (d. 2004)",
"14 July 1925": "Jean-Louis Rosier, French racing driver (d. 2001)",
"14 July 1930": "Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (d. 2014)",
"14 July 1940": "Susan Howatch, English author",
"14 July 1945": "Jim Gordon, American drummer and songwriter (Traffic, Derek and the Dominos, Delaney & Bonnie, and Souther",
"14 July 1950": "Bruce Oldfield, English fashion designer",
"14 July 1955": "L. Brent Bozell III, American journalist and activist, founded the Media Research Center",
"14 July 1960": "Mike McPhee, Canadian ice hockey player",
"14 July 1965": "Urmas Kruuse, Estonian politician",
"14 July 1970": "Nina Siemaszko, American actress",
"14 July 1975": "Jamey Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist",
"14 July 1980": "Jed Madela, Filipino singer-songwriter",
"14 July 1985": "Darrelle Revis, American football player",
"15 July 1410": "Ulrich von Jungingen, German knight (b. 1360)",
"15 July 1655": "Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)",
"15 July 1685": "James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Dutch-English general and politician, Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull (b. 1649)",
"15 July 1750": "Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1686)",
"15 July 1765": "Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)",
"15 July 1885": "Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)",
"15 July 1890": "Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)",
"15 July 1930": "Rudolph Schildkraut, Turkish-American actor (b. 1862)",
"15 July 1940": "Robert Wadlow, American giant (b. 1918)",
"15 July 1960": "Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)",
"15 July 1965": "Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)",
"15 July 1990": "Omar Abu Risha, Syrian poet and diplomat (b. 1910)",
"15 July 2000": "Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (b. 1925)",
"16 July 1770": "Francis Cotes, English painter (b. 1726)",
"16 July 1850": "Julia Glover, Irish actress (b. 1779)",
"16 July 1915": "Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)",
"16 July 1940": "Herbert Charles Brown, Australian public servant (b. 1874)",
"16 July 1960": "John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)",
"16 July 1965": "Boris Artzybasheff, American illustrator (b.1899)",
"16 July 1985": "Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)",
"16 July 1990": "Sidney Torch, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)",
"16 July 1995": "Stephen Spender, English author and poet (b. 1909)",
"16 July 2005": "Yi Gu, Japanese son of Yi Bangja (b. 1931)",
"16 July 2010": "James Gammon, American actor (b. 1940)",
"17 July 1070": "Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (b. 1030)",
"17 July 1645": "Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)",
"17 July 1790": "Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)",
"17 July 1845": "Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)",
"17 July 1885": "Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (b. 1811)",
"17 July 1935": "George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)",
"17 July 1945": "Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)",
"17 July 1950": "Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)",
"17 July 1975": "Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)",
"17 July 1980": "Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)",
"17 July 1995": "Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)",
"17 July 2000": "Zhao Lirong, Chinese actress (b. 1928)",
"17 July 2005": "Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944)",
"18 July 1100": "Godfrey of Bouillon, Frankish knight (b. 1016)",
"18 July 1300": "Gerard Segarelli, Italian religious leader, founded the Apostolic Brethren (b. 1240)",
"18 July 1610": "Caravaggio, Italian painter (b. 1573)",
"18 July 1695": "Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)",
"18 July 1730": "François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (b. 1644)",
"18 July 1890": "Lydia Becker, British suffragette (b. 1827)",
"18 July 1925": "Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)",
"18 July 1950": "Carl Clinton Van Doren, American author and critic (b. 1885)",
"18 July 1975": "Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (b. 1941)",
"18 July 1985": "Louisa Ghijs, Belgian actress (b. 1902)",
"18 July 1990": "Johnny Wayne, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)",
"18 July 1995": "Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)",
"18 July 2005": "William Westmoreland, American general (b. 1914)",
"18 July 715": "Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general (b. 695)",
"19 July 1415": "Philippa of Lancaster (b. 1359)",
"19 July 1810": "Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1776)",
"19 July 1850": "Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (b. 1810)",
"19 July 1855": "Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)",
"19 July 1965": "Syngman Rhee, South Korean politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)",
"19 July 1975": "Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)",
"19 July 1980": "Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1904)",
"19 July 1985": "Janusz Zajdel, Polish author (b. 1938)",
"19 July 2005": "Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)",
"19 July 2010": "Jon Cleary, Australian author (b. 1917)",
"20 July 1320": "Oshin, King of Armenia (b. 1282)",
"20 July 1945": "Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)",
"20 July 1955": "Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)",
"20 July 1970": "Iain Macleod, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)",
"20 July 2000": "Malaclypse the Younger American author (b. 1941)",
"20 July 2005": "Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (b. 1958)",
"20 July 940": "Ibn Muqla, Iraqi politician (b. 885)",
"20 July 985": "Antipope Boniface VII (b. 930)",
"21 July 1425": "Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)",
"21 July 1920": "Fiammetta Wilson, British astronomer (b. 1864)",
"21 July 1970": "Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)",
"21 July 2010": "Luis Corvalán, Chilean politician (b. 1916)",
"22 July 1525": "Richard Wingfield, English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1426)",
"22 July 1540": "John Zápolya, Hungarian king (b. 1487)",
"22 July 1645": "Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (b. 1587)",
"22 July 1915": "Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)",
"22 July 1920": "William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)",
"22 July 1940": "Albert Young, American boxer (b. 1877)",
"22 July 1950": "William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)",
"22 July 1990": "Manuel Puig, Argentinian author (b. 1932)",
"22 July 1995": "Harold Larwood, English cricketer (b. 1904)",
"22 July 2000": "Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)",
"22 July 2010": "Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (b. 1936)",
"23 July 1875": "Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)",
"23 July 1885": "Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)",
"23 July 1920": "Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)",
"23 July 1930": "Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (b. 1878)",
"23 July 1950": "Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Japan (b. 1882)",
"23 July 1955": "Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)",
"23 July 1980": "Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (b. 1897)",
"23 July 1985": "Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)",
"23 July 1990": "Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (b. 1899)",
"23 July 2005": "Ted Greene, American guitarist and journalist (Bluesberry Jam) (b. 1946)",
"24 July 1115": "Matilda of Tuscany (b. 1046)",
"24 July 1240": "Konrad von Thüringen, German knight (b. 1206)",
"24 July 1910": "Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)",
"24 July 1965": "Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1904)",
"24 July 1970": "Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)",
"24 July 1980": "Peter Sellers, English actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1925)",
"24 July 1985": "Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)",
"24 July 1995": "George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)",
"24 July 2000": "G. Wood, American actor (b. 1919)",
"24 July 2005": "Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (b. 1912)",
"24 July 2010": "Alex Higgins, Irish snooker player (b. 1949)",
"25 July 1790": "William Livingston, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)",
"25 July 1865": "James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)",
"25 July 1980": "Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)",
"25 July 1995": "Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)",
"25 July 2000": "Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1934)",
"25 July 2005": "Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (b. 1928)",
"25 July 2010": "Redford White, Filipino actor (b. 1955)",
"26 July 1380": "Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1322)",
"26 July 1605": "Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and sinologist (b. 1552)",
"26 July 1680": "John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (b. 1647)",
"26 July 1915": "James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)",
"26 July 1925": "William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)",
"26 July 1930": "Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)",
"26 July 1960": "Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)",
"26 July 1970": "Robert Taschereau, Canadian jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)",
"26 July 1980": "Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani author and poet (b. 1928)",
"26 July 1990": "Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player and songwriter (Grateful Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, and Silver) (b. 1952)",
"26 July 1995": "George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907)",
"26 July 2000": "John Tukey, American mathematician and academic (b. 1915)",
"26 July 2005": "Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)",
"26 July 2010": "Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean politician (b. 1945)",
"27 July 1890": "Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower (d. 1976)",
"27 July 1905": "Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)",
"27 July 1910": "Lupita Tovar, Mexican actress",
"27 July 1915": "Josef Priller, German pilot (d. 1961)",
"27 July 1930": "Shirley Williams, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education",
"27 July 1935": "Billy McCullough, Irish footballer",
"27 July 1940": "Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)",
"27 July 1950": "Simon Jones, English actor",
"27 July 1955": "Bobby Rondinelli, American drummer (Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot and Black Sabbath)",
"27 July 1960": "Emily Thornberry, English lawyer and politician",
"27 July 1965": "Wladimir Reznitschenko, Kazakhstani-German fencer",
"27 July 1970": "David Davies, English-Welsh politician",
"27 July 1975": "Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player",
"27 July 1980": "Wesley Gonzales, Filipino basketball player",
"27 July 1985": "Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor",
"27 July 1990": "Stephen Li-Chung Kuo, Taiwanese-American figure skater",
"27 July 1995": "Mirjana Puhar, Serbian-American model (d. 2015)",
"28 July 1230": "Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (b. 1176)",
"28 July 1285": "Keran, Queen of Armenia",
"28 July 1540": "Thomas Cromwell, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1495)",
"28 July 1655": "Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet and playwright (b. 1619)",
"28 July 1675": "Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer and politician (b. 1605)",
"28 July 1685": "Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)",
"28 July 1750": "Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685)",
"28 July 1835": "Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)",
"28 July 1895": "Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)",
"28 July 1930": "Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)",
"28 July 1935": "John Rahm, American golfer (b. 1854)",
"28 July 1965": "Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)",
"28 July 1990": "Jill Esmond, English actress (b. 1908)",
"28 July 2000": "Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918)",
"28 July 2010": "George P. Lee, American religious leader (b. 1943)",
"28 July 450": "Theodosius II, Roman emperor (b. 401)",
"29 July 1030": "Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)",
"29 July 1095": "Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040)",
"29 July 1890": "Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)",
"29 July 1895": "Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)",
"29 July 1900": "Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)",
"29 July 1950": "Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)",
"29 July 1970": "John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)",
"29 July 1990": "Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)",
"29 July 1995": "Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917)",
"29 July 2010": "Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)",
"30 July 1540": "Robert Barnes, English martyr and reformer (b. 1495)",
"30 July 1550": "Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1505)",
"30 July 1680": "Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Irish admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1634)",
"30 July 1875": "George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)",
"30 July 1900": "Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)",
"30 July 1920": "Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)",
"30 July 1930": "Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)",
"30 July 1965": "Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author (b. 1886)",
"30 July 1970": "George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)",
"30 July 1975": "James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)",
"30 July 1985": "Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)",
"30 July 2005": "John Garang, Sudanese politician, President of South Sudan (b. 1945)",
"31 July 1750": "John V of Portugal (b. 1689)",
"31 July 1805": "Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)",
"31 July 1875": "Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)",
"31 July 1920": "Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and philosopher (b. 1878)",
"31 July 1940": "Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)",
"31 July 1970": "Walter Briggs, Jr., American businessman (b. 1912)",
"31 July 1980": "Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (b. 1924)",
"31 July 1985": "Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)",
"31 July 1990": "Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)",
"31 July 2000": "William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American journalist and author (b. 1908)",
"31 July 2005": "Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)",
"31 July 450": "Peter Chrysologus, Italian bishop and saint (b. 380)"
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"01 July 1690": "Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).",
"01 July 1770": "Lexell's Comet passes closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u.",
"01 July 1855": "Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.",
"01 July 1870": "The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.",
"01 July 1885": "The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.",
"01 July 1890": "Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.",
"01 July 1915": "Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Fliegertruppe air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.",
"01 July 1935": "Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.",
"01 July 1960": "Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its Head of state.",
"01 July 1970": "President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces.",
"01 July 1980": "\"O Canada\" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.",
"01 July 1990": "German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.",
"02 July 1555": "The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.",
"02 July 1890": "The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.",
"02 July 1900": "Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.",
"02 July 1940": "Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.",
"02 July 1950": "The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.",
"02 July 2000": "Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.",
"02 July 2005": "The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa, More than 1,000 musicians performed and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.",
"03 July 1035": "William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087.",
"03 July 1775": "American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.",
"03 July 1890": "Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.",
"03 July 1940": "World War II: In order to stop the ships from falling into German hands the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers El Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: Dunkerque, Provence and Bretagne. One thousand two hundred sailors perish.",
"03 July 1970": "The Troubles: The \"Falls Curfew\" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.",
"03 July 1995": "Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party wins the general elections and is restored to power after being in opposition for 15 years.",
"04 July 1120": "Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.",
"04 July 1610": "The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish",
"04 July 1855": "In Brooklyn, New York City, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published.",
"04 July 1865": "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published.",
"04 July 1910": "African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States.",
"04 July 1950": "Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.",
"04 July 1960": "Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).",
"04 July 2005": "The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.",
"05 July 1295": "Scotland and France form an alliance, the so-called \"Auld Alliance\", against England.",
"05 July 1610": "John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.",
"05 July 1770": "The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.",
"05 July 1775": "The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.",
"05 July 1915": "The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.",
"05 July 1935": "The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.",
"05 July 1940": "World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations.",
"05 July 1945": "World War II: The liberation of the Philippines is declared.",
"05 July 1950": "Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.",
"05 July 1975": "Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.",
"05 July 1995": "The Republic of Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.",
"06 July 1415": "Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake.",
"06 July 1495": "First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo",
"06 July 1535": "Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.",
"06 July 1560": "The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.",
"06 July 1630": "Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.",
"06 July 1685": "Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.",
"06 July 1785": "The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.",
"06 July 1865": "The first issue of The Nation magazine is published.",
"06 July 1885": "Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.",
"06 July 1940": "Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.",
"06 July 1975": "The Comoros declares independence from France.",
"06 July 1995": "In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called \"the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War\".",
"06 July 640": "Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).",
"07 July 1520": "Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.",
"07 July 1575": "Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.",
"07 July 1585": "The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.",
"07 July 1770": "The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.",
"07 July 1865": "American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.",
"07 July 1915": "Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.",
"07 July 1930": "Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).",
"07 July 1980": "During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.",
"07 July 1985": "Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17",
"07 July 2005": "A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.",
"08 July 1730": "An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.",
"08 July 1760": "French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche",
"08 July 1775": "The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.",
"08 July 1960": "Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.",
"08 July 1970": "Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.",
"09 July 1540": "King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.",
"09 July 1745": "War of the Austrian Succession: French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.",
"09 July 1755": "French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition",
"09 July 1790": "Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund",
"09 July 1810": "Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.",
"09 July 1815": "Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.",
"09 July 1850": "Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.",
"09 July 1875": "Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.",
"09 July 1900": "Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.",
"09 July 1955": "The Russell",
"09 July 455": "The Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.",
"09 July 660": "Battle of Hwangsanbeol: Korean forces under general Kim Yu-shin defeat the army of Baekje at Nonsan (South Korea).",
"10 July 1460": "Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.",
"10 July 1645": "English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.",
"10 July 1850": "U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming President upon Zachary Taylor's death.",
"10 July 1890": "Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.",
"10 July 1925": "Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called \"Monkey Trial\" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.",
"10 July 1940": "World War II: Battle of Britain",
"10 July 1980": "Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.",
"10 July 1985": "The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.",
"10 July 2000": "EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.",
"10 July 2005": "Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.",
"10 July 645": "Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.",
"11 July 1405": "Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.",
"11 July 1735": "Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.",
"11 July 1740": "Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.",
"11 July 1750": "Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.",
"11 July 1895": "Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists.",
"11 July 1920": "In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.",
"11 July 1930": "Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.",
"11 July 1940": "World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.",
"11 July 1950": "Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.",
"11 July 1960": "To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.",
"11 July 1990": "Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.",
"11 July 1995": "The Srebrenica massacre is carried out.",
"12 July 1470": "The Ottomans capture Euboea.",
"12 July 1580": "The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.",
"12 July 1690": "Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar)",
"12 July 1790": "The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.",
"12 July 1920": "The Soviet",
"12 July 1960": "Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.",
"12 July 1970": "A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.",
"12 July 1975": "São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.",
"13 July 1260": "The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania",
"13 July 1490": "John of Kastav finishes a cycle of frescoes in the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje (now southwestern Slovenia).",
"13 July 1830": "The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.",
"13 July 1905": "The verdict in the six-month-long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes.",
"13 July 1985": "Vice President George Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.",
"14 July 1790": "French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.",
"14 July 1865": "First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.",
"14 July 1900": "Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.",
"14 July 1950": "Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.",
"14 July 1960": "Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.",
"14 July 1965": "The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.",
"14 July 2000": "A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.",
"14 July 2015": "Closest approach of New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto-Charon system.",
"15 July 1240": "Swedish",
"15 July 1410": "Polish",
"15 July 1685": "Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.",
"15 July 1815": "Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.",
"15 July 1870": "Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.",
"15 July 1910": "In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.",
"15 July 1920": "The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.",
"15 July 1955": "Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.",
"15 July 1975": "Space Race: Apollo",
"15 July 1980": "A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage.",
"16 July 1790": "The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.",
"16 July 1910": "John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.",
"16 July 1915": "First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded.",
"16 July 1935": "The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.",
"16 July 1945": "Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.",
"16 July 1950": "Chaplain",
"16 July 1960": "USS George Washington a modified Skipjack class submarine successfully test fires the first ballistic missile while submerged.",
"16 July 1965": "South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo—an undetected communist spy—was hunted down and killed after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.",
"16 July 1990": "The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.",
"17 July 180": "Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.",
"17 July 1945": "World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.",
"17 July 1955": "Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.",
"17 July 1975": "Apollo",
"17 July 1985": "Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).",
"18 July 1290": "King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.",
"18 July 1555": "The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.",
"18 July 1870": "The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.",
"18 July 1925": "Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.",
"18 July 1995": "Dreaming of You by Selena, released posthumously, became the best-selling Latin album in the United States. It was noted by Billboard magazine as a \"historic event\" for Latin music.",
"18 July 390 BC": "Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia",
"18 July 645": "Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo",
"19 July 1545": "The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.",
"19 July 1870": "Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.",
"19 July 1900": "The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.",
"19 July 1940": "World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.",
"19 July 1985": "The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.",
"20 July 1810": "Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.",
"20 July 1885": "The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.",
"20 July 1935": "Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.",
"20 July 1940": "California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.",
"20 July 1950": "Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.",
"20 July 1960": "The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.",
"20 July 1985": "The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.",
"20 July 70": "Siege of Jerusalem",
"21 July 1545": "The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.",
"21 July 1645": "Qing Dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.",
"21 July 1865": "In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.",
"21 July 1925": "Sir Malcolm Campbell, father of Donald Campbell, becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).",
"21 July 1970": "After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.",
"21 July 1995": "Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.",
"21 July 230": "Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.",
"21 July 285": "Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.",
"21 July 365": "A tsunami devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The tsunami was caused by the Crete earthquake estimated to be 8.0 on the Richter scale. Five thousand people perished in Alexandria, and 45,000 more died outside the city.",
"22 July 1805": "Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition",
"22 July 2005": "Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.",
"23 July 1840": "The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.",
"23 July 1940": "The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.",
"23 July 1945": "The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.",
"23 July 1970": "Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.",
"23 July 1995": "Comet Hale",
"24 July 1910": "The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.",
"24 July 1915": "The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.",
"24 July 1935": "The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago, Illinois and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.",
"24 July 1950": "Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.",
"24 July 1980": "The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.",
"24 July 1990": "Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border.",
"25 July 1755": "British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians. Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England. Some later move to Louisiana, while others resettle in New Brunswick.",
"25 July 1795": "The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid.",
"25 July 1915": "RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British military aviator to earn the Victoria Cross, for defeating three German two-seat observation aircraft in one day, over the Western Front.",
"25 July 1920": "France captures Damascus.",
"25 July 1925": "Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.",
"25 July 1940": "General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.",
"25 July 1950": "the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel starting The Korean War.",
"25 July 1965": "Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.",
"25 July 2000": "Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 passengers.",
"25 July 2010": "WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.",
"25 July 285": "Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler.",
"25 July 315": "The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.",
"26 July 1745": "The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.",
"26 July 1775": "The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.",
"26 July 1890": "In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.",
"26 July 1945": "The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.",
"26 July 1965": "Full independence is granted to the Maldives.",
"26 July 1990": "The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George Bush.",
"26 July 2005": "Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.",
"26 July 920": "Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.",
"27 July 1720": "The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.",
"27 July 1865": "Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.",
"27 July 1880": "Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand",
"27 July 1890": "Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.",
"27 July 1900": "Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, \"Hun\" would be a disparaging name for Germans.",
"27 July 1940": "The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.",
"27 July 1955": "The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.",
"27 July 1990": "The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for six days.",
"27 July 1995": "The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..",
"27 July 2005": "STS-114: NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank. During ascent, the external tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the spacecraft.",
"28 July 1540": "Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.",
"28 July 1935": "First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.",
"28 July 1945": "A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.",
"28 July 1955": "The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.",
"28 July 1965": "Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.",
"28 July 2005": "The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.",
"29 July 1030": "Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad",
"29 July 1565": "The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.",
"29 July 1900": "In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.",
"29 July 1920": "Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.",
"29 July 1945": "The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.",
"29 July 1950": "Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.",
"29 July 1965": "Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.",
"29 July 1980": "Iran adopts a new \"holy\" flag after the Islamic Revolution.",
"29 July 2005": "Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.",
"29 July 615": "Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.",
"30 July 1635": "Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.",
"30 July 1825": "Malden Island is discovered by captain George Byron, 7th Baron Byron.",
"30 July 1865": "The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.",
"30 July 1930": "In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.",
"30 July 1945": "World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.",
"30 July 1965": "U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.",
"30 July 1975": "Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again, and will be declared legally dead on this date in 1982.",
"30 July 1980": "Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law",
"30 July 1990": "George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to \"get dirt\" on Dave Winfield.",
"31 July 1655": "Russo-Polish War (1654",
"31 July 1715": "Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.",
"31 July 1790": "The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.",
"31 July 1865": "The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.",
"31 July 1930": "The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.",
"31 July 1945": "Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.",
"31 July 1970": "Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.",
"31 July 30 BC": "Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide."
}
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