| 96 |
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Vespasian, a Roman army leader, is hailed as a Roman emperor by the Egyptian legions. |
| 1543 |
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England and Scotland sign the Peace of Greenwich. |
| 1596 |
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An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and Francis Vere capture and sack Cadiz, Spain. |
| 1690 |
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Led by Marshall Luxembourg, the French defeat the forces of the Grand Alliance at Fleurus in the Netherlands. |
| 1777 |
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British troops depart from their base at the Bouquet river to head toward Ticonderoga, New York. |
| 1798 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte takes Alexandria, Egypt. |
| 1838 |
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Charles Darwin presents a paper on his theory of evolution to the Linnean Society in London. |
| 1862 |
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Union artillery stops a Confederate attack at Malvern Hill, Virginia. |
| 1863 |
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In the first day's fighting at Gettysburg, Federal forces retreat through the town and dig in at Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill. |
| 1867 |
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Canada, by the terms of the British North America Act, becomes an independent dominion. |
| 1876 |
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Montenegro declares war on the Turks. |
| 1898 |
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American troops take San Juan Hill and El Caney, Cuba, from the Spaniards. |
| 1942 |
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German troops capture Sevestapol, Crimea, in the Soviet Union. |
| 1945 |
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The New York State Commission Against Discrimination is established–the first such agency in the United States. |
| 1950 |
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American ground troops arrive in South Korea to halt the advancing North Korean army. |
| 1961 |
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British troops land in Kuwait to aid against Iraqi threats. |
| 1963 |
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The U.S. postmaster introduces the zip code. |
| 1966 |
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The U.S. Marines launch Operation Holt in an attempt to finish off a Vietcong battalion in Thua Thien Province in Vietnam. |
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Born on July 1
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| 1649 |
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Gottfried Von Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician. |
| 1804 |
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George Sand (Amandine-Aurore Lucille Dupin), French novelist. |
| 1876 |
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Susan Glaspell, playwright, (Alison's House). |
| 1892 |
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James M. Cain, author (The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce). |
| 1899 |
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Thomas Dorsey, American songwriter, singer and pianist, the "father of gospel music." |
| 1902 |
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William Wyler, film director (The Best Years of Our Lives, Ben Hur). |
| 1903 |
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Amy Johnson, English aviator. |
| 1915 |
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Willie Dixon, blues musician. |
| 1915 |
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Sydney Pollack, film director (Tootsie, Out of Africa). |
| 1915 |
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Jean Stafford, American writer (The Mountain Lion). |
| 1916 |
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Roland Robert Tuck, British fighter ace during World War II. |
| 1961 |
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Diana Frances Spencer, princess of Wales. |
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