549 Historic Events for July 1
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| 1938 |
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58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (early 60s)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Don Pavletich, baseball player
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| 1939 |
Death |
Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Charles Hatcher, (Rep-D-GA, 1981- )
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Delaney Bramlett, Okla, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney and Bonnie)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Jack Acker, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
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| 1940 |
Event |
Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Kenneth Clarke, British minister
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| 1941 |
Event |
Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
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| 1941 |
Event |
WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in NYC (NBC) begins broadcasting
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| 1941 |
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Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
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| 1941 |
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1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) and WCBW (CBS), NYC
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| 1941 |
Event |
WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
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| 1941 |
Birth |
John Gould, British composer/musical comic
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Sally Quinn, Georgia, CBS newscaster (Morning Show)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Twyla Tharp, Portland Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
William Carney, (Rep-R-NY, 1979-86)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Genevieve Bujold, Montr‚al, actress (King of Hearts, Choose Me, Coma)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Karen Black, [Ziegler], Park Ridge Ill, (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx)
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| 1942 |
Event |
German troops conquer Sebastopol
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| 1943 |
Death |
Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed
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| 1943 |
Death |
C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
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| 1943 |
Death |
Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
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