549 Historic Events for July 1
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
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| 1915 |
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Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces
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| 1915 |
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Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Jean Stafford, US writer (Boston Adventure, Lion and Carpenter)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Viscount Leverhulm, English large landowner (Unilever)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Willie Dixon, Vicksburg Miss, bassist (Walkin' the Blues)
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| 1916 |
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British court martial (Easter uprising)
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| 1916 |
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Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary `Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
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| 1916 |
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Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market
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| 1916 |
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Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines
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| 1916 |
Death |
William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Olivia de Havilland, Tokyo Japan, actress (Adventures of Robin Hood)
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| 1916 |
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Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR
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| 1917 |
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257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
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| 1917 |
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Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates
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| 1917 |
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Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)
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| 1917 |
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Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Hans Bender, German poet
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| 1919 |
Event |
Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen
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| 1919 |
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1st class postage drops from 3› to 2›
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| 1920 |
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Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Seretse Khama, 1st premier/president of Botswana (Bechuanaland)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Jean-Pierre Rampal, [Louis], Marseilles France, flutist
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| 1922 |
Death |
Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies at 81
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Constance Ford, actress (Ada Hobson-Another World)
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