What Happened on Jul 7

Pietro Angelerio (Celestine V) elected Pope

Pope Saint Celestine V (c. 1215 – 19 May 1296), born Pietro Angelerio (according to some sources Angelario, Angelieri, Angelliero, or Angeleri),... Read more

Battle Of Hubbardton

The Battle of Hubbardton was an engagement in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought in the village of Hubbardton, then in... Read more

Battle Of Monterey

The Battle of Monterey, at Monterey, California (sometimes confused with the Battle of Monterrey, in Nuevo León), was waged on July 7, 1846, during... Read more

John Drake Sloat Orders His Forces To Occupy Yerba Buena

Commodore John Drake Sloat, upon hearing of imminent war and the revolt in Sonoma, ordered his naval and marine forces to occupy Yerba Buena... Read more

Mexican-American War Is Officially Declared

Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga (circa 7 January 1797 – 7 September 1849) was a conservative Mexican general and president. He took power in a coup... Read more

Battle of Cotton Plant

The Battle of Cotton Plant (also known as the Battle of Hill's Plantation or the Battle of Cache River) occurred on July 7, 1862 in Woodruff... Read more

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Is Born

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige, perhaps baseball's greatest pitcher ever, was born on July 7, ca. 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Paige earned his... Read more

Houdini Performs Overboard Box Escape

Another one of Houdini's most famous publicity stunts (Dalton) was to escape from a nailed and roped packing crate after it had been lowered into... Read more

'Pomes Penyeach' is Published

Published in 1927, Pomes Penyeach is a collection of 13 poems, a gathering of works written while Joyce was busy working on Ulysses. The collection... Read more

"Easy Living" Is Released

Easy Living (1937) is a screwball comedy film, directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Preston Sturges from a story by Vera Caspary, and starring... Read more

Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Battle of Lugou Bridge)

From June 1937, Japanese troops carried out intensive military training maneuvers in the vicinity of the western end of the Marco Polo Bridge.... Read more

Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of... Read more

Jimmy Carter Marries Rosalynn Smith

The Smith family had been close to the Carters for years and she was good friends with Jimmy's sister, Ruth. Rosalynn always claimed that she had... Read more

"Elmer Gantry" Is Released

Elmer Gantry is a 1960 drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. Adapted by director Richard... Read more

Ronald Reagan Appears as Jack Browning in "The Killers"

Supposedly based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway. In this film noir, two hitmen want to find out why their latest victim (a race car... Read more

Operation Hastings

Operation Hastings was an American military operation in the Vietnam War. Having been threatened by numerous encounters with enemy troops in the... Read more

West Germany Beats the Netherlands to Win the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final

The 1974 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the 10th FIFA World Cup, a competition to determine the best national... Read more

Rainbow release On Stage

On Stage is a live album originally released by Rainbow in 1977 on Oyster - Polydor SPDLP6B (2657 016) . The album features a cover of a song from... Read more

The Spy Who Loved Me (film) released

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) is the tenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James... Read more

The Solomon Islands Becomes And Independent Nation

On July 7, 1978, the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of 992 islands northeast of Australia, became an independent nation, ending eighty years of... Read more

Ronald Reagan Appoints Sandra Day O'Connor as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, July 7 - President Reagan announced today that he would nominate Sandra Day O'Connor, a 51-year-old judge on the Arizona Court of... Read more

Testament Releases "The Legacy"

Testament's first album, The Legacy, was released in 1987 on Megaforce Records. Testament received instant fame within thrash circles and were... Read more

"Beat the Boots" by Frank Zappa Is Released

Beat the Boots is a collection of bootleg recordings by Frank Zappa which were originally distributed illegally but were released officially by... Read more

Dream Theater releases Images and Words

Images and Words is the second studio album by influential American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1992. It was recorded in late... Read more

Mia Zapata Dies

Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. In the fall of 1986, she helped... Read more