Birthday July 01, 1646 Gottfried W Leibnitz, mathematician-philosopher
Birthday July 01, 1788 Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founder of projective geometry.
Birthday July 01, 1804 George Sand is born
Birthday July 01, 1804 George Sand, French Romantic novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro).
Birthday July 01, 1807 Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University.
Birthday July 01, 1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South African politician, diamond merchant.
Birthday July 01, 1872 Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel.
Birthday July 01, 1879 Leon Jouhaux, French socialist, cofounder of UN's ILO (Nobel 1951).
Birthday July 01, 1902 William Wyler, motion picture director (Mrs. Miniver).
Birthday July 01, 1912 David Brower
Birthday July 01, 1916 Olivia DeHaviland, in Tokyo Japan
Birthday July 01, 1925 Farley Granger, Actor
Birthday July 01, 1931 Leslie Caron, in Paris France
Birthday July 01, 1934 Sydney Pollack, Movie director
Birthday July 01, 1934 Jean Marsh, in London England
Birthday July 01, 1936 Jamie Farr, Actor (Cpl. Klinger of TV's M*A*S*H).
Birthday July 01, 1941 Sally Quinn, CBS News reporter
Birthday July 01, 1941 Twyla Tharp, in Indiana Choreographer
Birthday July 01, 1942 Genevieve Bujold, in Montreal Canada, Actress.
Birthday July 01, 1942 Karen Black, Actress.
Birthday July 01, 1952 Dan Akroyd, comedian, Actor (SNL)
Birthday July 01, 1956 Lorna Patterson, in Whittier Calif
Birthday July 01, 1960 Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Singer
Birthday July 01, 1961 Lady Diane Spencer, in England
Birthday July 01, 1961 Carl Lewis, US track and field star.
History July 01, 1535 Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason
History July 01, 1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats former Roman Catholic king James II in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland
History July 01, 1775 Congress resolves to forge Indian alliances
History July 01, 1776 1st vote on the Declaration of Independence
History July 01, 1823 United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico.
History July 01, 1847 Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers his second asteroid Hebe
History July 01, 1847 US issues its 1st postage stamps.
History July 01, 1847 1st adhesive US postage stamps go on sale
History July 01, 1850 At least 626 ships lying at anchor around SF Bay
History July 01, 1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason Streets S.F.
History July 01, 1862 Congress outlaws polygamy; bad news for Utah.
History July 01, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pa.; Lee's northward advance halted.
History July 01, 1863 The Battle of Gettysburg begins
History July 01, 1867 Dominion of Canada formed from N.Bruns. N.Scotia Ontario & Qu‚bec.
History July 01, 1867 Canadian Independence Day
History July 01, 1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province.
History July 01, 1887 Gunfighter Clay Allison killed
History July 01, 1898 Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill
History July 01, 1898 The Battle of San Juan Hill
History July 01, 1899 SF City Hall turned over to city after 29 years of building
History July 01, 1916 Dwight D. Eisenhower marries his Mamie
History July 01, 1916 Battle of the Somme begins
History July 01, 1916 Eisenhower married Mary ``Mamie'' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
History July 01, 1919 1st class postage drops to 2› from 3›.
History July 01, 1932 NY Gov FDR nominated for president at the Dem Convention in Chicago
History July 01, 1941 DiMaggio ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak
History July 01, 1941 1st coml TV license granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS) NYC
History July 01, 1942 The Battle of El Alamein begins
History July 01, 1943 1st withholding tax from paychecks
History July 01, 1944 Bretton Woods Conference starts establishing IMF and World Bank.
History July 01, 1947 Mr. X article appears in Foreign Affairs
History July 01, 1951 Feller hurls third no-hitter
History July 01, 1959 World Refugee Year
History July 01, 1960 Ghana becomes a republic.
History July 01, 1960 Italian Somalia gains independence unites with Somali Republic.
History July 01, 1961 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii
History July 01, 1962 Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days).
History July 01, 1963 Beatles record "She Loves You"
History July 01, 1965 Ball recommends compromise in Vietnam
History July 01, 1966 Medicare goes into effect.
History July 01, 1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
History July 01, 1966 Bombing of North Vietnam continues
History July 01, 1968 US Britain USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
History July 01, 1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as the Prince of Wales
History July 01, 1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?)
History July 01, 1973 Caribbean Day
History July 01, 1975 WEDway PeopleMover inaugurated
History July 01, 1977 Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon's woman's singles
History July 01, 1979 The first Sony Walkman goes on sale
History July 01, 1982 Kosmos 1383 1st search and rescue satellite launched.
History July 01, 1982 More than 2000 Unification Church couples married at NY MSG
History July 01, 1984 PG-13 rating debuts
History July 01, 1987 NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes the 1st 24 hour all sports radio replacing WHN's country music WYNY-FM adopts country music format
History July 01, 2002 Two planes collide over Germany
History July 01, 2003 Kobe Bryant accuser goes to police
History July 01, 2005 Last Ford Thunderbird produced
July 01, 1646 Gottfried W Leibnitz, mathematician-philosopher
July 01, 1788 Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founder of projective geometry.
July 01, 1804 George Sand is born
July 01, 1804 George Sand, French Romantic novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro).
July 01, 1807 Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University.
July 01, 1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South African politician, diamond merchant.
July 01, 1872 Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel.
July 01, 1879 Leon Jouhaux, French socialist, cofounder of UN's ILO (Nobel 1951).
July 01, 1902 William Wyler, motion picture director (Mrs. Miniver).
July 01, 1912 David Brower
July 01, 1916 Olivia DeHaviland, in Tokyo Japan
July 01, 1925 Farley Granger, Actor
July 01, 1931 Leslie Caron, in Paris France
July 01, 1934 Sydney Pollack, Movie director
July 01, 1934 Jean Marsh, in London England
July 01, 1936 Jamie Farr, Actor (Cpl. Klinger of TV's M*A*S*H).
July 01, 1941 Sally Quinn, CBS News reporter
July 01, 1941 Twyla Tharp, in Indiana Choreographer
July 01, 1942 Genevieve Bujold, in Montreal Canada, Actress.
July 01, 1942 Karen Black, Actress.
July 01, 1952 Dan Akroyd, comedian, Actor (SNL)
July 01, 1956 Lorna Patterson, in Whittier Calif
July 01, 1960 Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Singer
July 01, 1961 Lady Diane Spencer, in England
July 01, 1961 Carl Lewis, US track and field star.
July 01, 1535 Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason
July 01, 1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats former Roman Catholic king James II in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland
July 01, 1775 Congress resolves to forge Indian alliances
July 01, 1776 1st vote on the Declaration of Independence
July 01, 1823 United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico.
July 01, 1847 Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers his second asteroid Hebe
July 01, 1847 US issues its 1st postage stamps.
July 01, 1847 1st adhesive US postage stamps go on sale
July 01, 1850 At least 626 ships lying at anchor around SF Bay
July 01, 1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason Streets S.F.
July 01, 1862 Congress outlaws polygamy; bad news for Utah.
July 01, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pa.; Lee's northward advance halted.
July 01, 1863 The Battle of Gettysburg begins
July 01, 1867 Dominion of Canada formed from N.Bruns. N.Scotia Ontario & Qu‚bec.
July 01, 1867 Canadian Independence Day
July 01, 1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province.
July 01, 1887 Gunfighter Clay Allison killed
July 01, 1898 Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill
July 01, 1898 The Battle of San Juan Hill
July 01, 1899 SF City Hall turned over to city after 29 years of building
July 01, 1916 Dwight D. Eisenhower marries his Mamie
July 01, 1916 Battle of the Somme begins
July 01, 1916 Eisenhower married Mary ``Mamie'' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
July 01, 1919 1st class postage drops to 2› from 3›.
July 01, 1932 NY Gov FDR nominated for president at the Dem Convention in Chicago
July 01, 1941 DiMaggio ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak
July 01, 1941 1st coml TV license granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS) NYC
July 01, 1942 The Battle of El Alamein begins
July 01, 1943 1st withholding tax from paychecks
July 01, 1944 Bretton Woods Conference starts establishing IMF and World Bank.
July 01, 1947 Mr. X article appears in Foreign Affairs
July 01, 1951 Feller hurls third no-hitter
July 01, 1959 World Refugee Year
July 01, 1960 Ghana becomes a republic.
July 01, 1960 Italian Somalia gains independence unites with Somali Republic.
July 01, 1961 Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii
July 01, 1962 Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days).
July 01, 1963 Beatles record "She Loves You"
July 01, 1965 Ball recommends compromise in Vietnam
July 01, 1966 Medicare goes into effect.
July 01, 1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
July 01, 1966 Bombing of North Vietnam continues
July 01, 1968 US Britain USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
July 01, 1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as the Prince of Wales
July 01, 1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?)
July 01, 1973 Caribbean Day
July 01, 1975 WEDway PeopleMover inaugurated
July 01, 1977 Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon's woman's singles
July 01, 1979 The first Sony Walkman goes on sale
July 01, 1982 Kosmos 1383 1st search and rescue satellite launched.
July 01, 1982 More than 2000 Unification Church couples married at NY MSG
July 01, 1984 PG-13 rating debuts
July 01, 1987 NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes the 1st 24 hour all sports radio replacing WHN's country music WYNY-FM adopts country music format
July 01, 2002 Two planes collide over Germany
July 01, 2003 Kobe Bryant accuser goes to police
July 01, 2005 Last Ford Thunderbird produced