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July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) ... which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
Time: 14:48 UTC Date: July 11. 1798 – Quasi–War: The U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the ' war .'. 1846 – Mexican–American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States conquest of California. 1863 – United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $100.
July 24, 1974: U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously that U.S. President Nixon must comply with subpoena of the Watergate tapes. Rehnquist, top right, recused himself from the decision. July 7, 1974: West Germany defeats Netherlands, 2 to 1, to win the World Cup (pictured: Franz Beckenbauer and Johann Cruyff)
Location within Beijing. The Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge incident[a] or the July 7 incident, [b] was a battle during July 1937 in the district of Beijing between the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Imperial Japanese Army. Since the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in ...
The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour. Three terrorists separately detonated three homemade bombs in quick succession aboard London Underground ...
July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Armenia) Fifth of July (New York), historic celebration of the abolition of slavery in New York in 1827. [55] Independence Day (Algeria), celebrating the independence of Algeria from France in 1962. Independence Day (Cape Verde), celebrating the independence of Cape Verde from Portugal in 1975.
July 1, 1977 (Friday) The last Railway Mail Service mail train in the U.S. completed its run, bringing an end to almost 113 years of service. The final train departed New York on Thursday, June 30 and arrived in Washington DC the next morning, after which the service was permanently discontinued. At its height, the RMS had 30,000 employees ...
Current events/2007 July 7. Pope Benedict XVI removes restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass, reviving an ancient Roman Rite Mass liturgy that was essentially abolished after the Second Vatican Council. (Washington Post via AP) The New Seven Wonders of the World are announced. These are The Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, the ...