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