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 7
| 1742 | A Spanish force invading Georgia runs headlong into the colony's British defenders.The battle decides the fate of a colony. | |
| 1777 | American troops give up Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, to the British. | |
| 1791 | Benjamin Rush, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones found the Non-denominational African Church. | |
| 1795 | Thomas Paine defends the principal of universal suffrage at the Constitutional Convention in Paris. | |
| 1798 | Napoleon Bonaparte's army begins its march towards Cairo from Alexandria. | |
| 1807 | Czar Alexander meets with Napoleon Bonaparte. | |
| 1814 | Sir Walter Scott's novel Waverly is published anonymously so as not to damage his reputation as a poet. | |
| 1815 | After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, the victorious Allies march into Paris. | |
| 1853 | Japan opens its ports to trade with the West after 250 years of isolation. | |
| 1863 | Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in Hagerstown, Maryland, reports his defeat at Gettysburg to President Jefferson Davis. | |
| 1905 | The International Workers of the World found their labor organization in Chicago. | |
| 1925 | Afrikaans is recognized as one of the official languages of South Africa, along with English and Dutch. | |
| 1927 | Christopher Stone becomes the first British 'disc jockey' when he plays records for the BBC. | |
| 1941 | Although a neutral country, the United States sends troops to occupy Iceland to keep it out of Germany's hands. | |
| 1943 | Adolf Hitler makes the V-2 missile program a top priority in armament planning. | |
| 1966 | The U.S. Marine Corps launches Operation Hasting to drive the North Vietnamese Army back across the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam. | |
| 1969 | The first U.S. units to withdraw from South Vietnam leave Saigon. | |
| 1981 | Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. | |
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Born on July 7 |
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| 1752 | Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor, textile industry pioneer. | |
| 1860 | Gustav Mahler, composer and conductor. | |
| 1887 | Marc Chagall, French painter and designer. | |
| 1906 | Leroy "Satchel" Page, baseball pitcher. | |
| 1940 | Ringo Starr, musician, one of the Beatles. | |
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