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