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Notable anniversaries in history for today: July 7
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Mary Ford AKA Colleen Summers in Pasadena, California, USA; singer ("How High the Moon", "Vaya Con Dios", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise").
- 100th: 1924 - E Hertzsprung discovers asteroid #1702 Kalahari.
- 100th: 1924 - Robert LeGendre of the US sets long jump record at 25 feet 5.5 inches.
- 90th: 1934 - Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbeldon doubles championship.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Warren Entner; singer, guitarist (The Grass Roots).
- 70th: 1954 - T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania.
- 60th: 1964 - National League beats American League 7-4 at 35th All Star Game (Shea Stadium, New York).
- 50th: 1974 - Federal Republic of Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich.
- 40th: 1984 - Five die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont.
- 30th: 1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.
- 25th: 1999 - In Rome, Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest mile ever recorded - 3:43:13.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Jeff Smith at age 65; TV chef (Frugal Gourmet), Methodist minister.
- 15th: 2009 - French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt is found dead in the stairwell of his Paris apartment, at age 24.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Eduard Shevardnadze, 2nd President of Georgia (born 1928).
- 5th: 2019 - African Continental Free Trade Area is launched, with 54 members.
- 5th: 2019 - Germany's Deutsche Bank announces it is abandoning global stock trading.
- 5th: 2019 - General elections in Italy. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy, is new prime minister.
- 5th: 2019 - US team beats Dutch 2-0 to win FIFA women's football World Cup.
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