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What happened in history on this day: July 7?
On July 7 in ...
- 1838 - All railroads in the USA are designated as post routes.
- 1846 - US annexes California.
- 1862 - First US Railway Post Office tested, sorting mail on train in motion.
- 1863 - First military draft by US (exemptions cost $100).
- 1865 - Four Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are hanged.
- 1898 - US President William McKinley signs resolution of annexation of Hawaiian Islands.
- 1905 - 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker, Arizona (state record high).
- 1920 - A radio compass device is used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, Virginia.
- 1923 - University of Delaware invents the "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne).
- 1930 - Construction of the Boulder Dam begins, in Boulder Canyon, Colorado.
- 1941 - US forces land in Iceland to defend the mid-Atlantic base.
- 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as first American saint.
- 1947 - In New Mexico, USA, a secret operation is begun to recover wreckage of disc-shaped craft from crash site 75 miles north-west of Roswell Army Air Base, and four small human-like beings found dead 2 miles east of the crash site.
- 1952 - The SS United States ocean liner arrives in Cornwall, England, from New York Harbor, completing its trans-Atlantic crossing in 3 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes, setting the record for crossing the Atlantic.
- 1956 - Seven Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in the middle of California, killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings.
- 1960 - USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea.
- 1975 - Juneau, Alaska, reaches a record high temperature: 90 degrees F.
- 1983 - Eleven-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR, on invitation of Soviet leader.
- 1984 - Five die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont.
- 1986 - US Supreme Court strikes down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law.
- 1987 - Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women.
- 2016 - US Army veteran Micah Johnson shoots dead five police officers in Dallas, Texas.
Births on July 7
- 1908 - Birth of Harriette Arnow in Wayne County, Kentucky, USA; novelist (The Dollmaker).
- 1911 - Birth of Eddie Mayehoff in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor, bandleader, radio comedy writer, television emcee (Dad - That's My Boy movie, "Jarring" Jack Jackson - That's My Boy TV series, Hour Glass, Doc Corkle).
- 1914 - Birth of Eddie Mayehoff in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Luv, How to Murder Your Wife).
- 1917 - Birth of Elton Britt in Marshall, Arkansas, USA; country singer ("Saturday Night Jamboree").
- 1922 - Birth of Artie Malivn in New York City, New York, USA; music director (Julie LaRosa, Steve Lawrence).
- 1923 - Birth of Jean Kerr in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; novelist (Please Don't Eat the Daisies).
- 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").
- 1927 - Birth of Carl (Doc) Severinson in Arlington, Oregon, USA; bandleader, trumpeter (The Tonight Show).
- 1927 - Birth of Charlie Louvin in Rainsville, Alabama, USA; country singer (Louvin Brothers).
- 1928 - Birth of Vincent Edwards in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dr Ben Casey, Death Stalk, Firehouse, Matt Lincoln).
- 1946 - Birth of Joe Spano in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Henry Goldblume - Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Navy NCIS).
- 1949 - Birth of Shelley Duvall in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater).
- 1951 - Birth of Roz Ryan in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Amelia - Amen, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command).
- 1963 - Birth of Perry Richardson in South Carolina, USA; bassist (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime").
- 1967 - Birth of Jason R Rich in Irvington, New York, USA; writer (Celebrity Teen Talk).
- 1981 - Birth of Synyster Gates; American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold).
Deaths on July 7
- 1865 - Four Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, are hanged.
- 1990 - Death of Bill Cullen at age 70 of cancer; American radio game show host (Quick as a Flash, Hit the Jackpot), TV game show host (The Price is Right), panellist (I've Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth).
- 2022 - Death of Adam Wade at 87 of complications from Parkinson's disease at his home in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; host (Musical Chairs TV show).
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