This day in History - July 1

549 Historic Events for July 1
1923 Event 1st permanent radio network-ATandT (WEAF NY and WMAF Mass)
1924 Event Through regular transcontinental airmail service forms, NYC-SF
1924 Event Light Brigade forms
1925 Death Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61
1925 Death Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59
1925 Birth Farley Granger, San Jose CA, actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask)
1925 Event NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1925 Event Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK
1925 Event SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election
1926 Birth Franclaois-Regis Bastide, writer/broadcaster
1926 Event Canada restores gold standard
1926 Birth Hans Werner Henze, Gttersloh Germany, composer (Das Floss Medusa)
1927 Birth Ruben Gomez, baseball player
1927 Birth Hans Eklund, composer
1928 Birth Constance Ford, US actress (Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World)
1928 Birth Volker Wangenheim, composer
1929 Birth Gerald M Edelman, US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
1929 Event US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye"
1929 Event US Immigration law of 1924 in effect
1930 Event Great-Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq
1930 Birth Andreas JAI Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Schipluiden/Leiderdorp)
1930 Birth Imelda Marcos, former 1st lady (Philipines)/shoe collector
1931 Birth Leslie Caron, Boulogne-Biliancourt France, actr (Lili, Father Goose)
1931 Birth Tab Hunter, actor (Tab Hunter Show, Lust in the Dust)
1931 Event Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)