Historical Events in July, Month of July Events
Here is a list of some historical events in July. You can learn What major event happened in July?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| July 11, 1960 | Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| July 9, 1815 | Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France. |
| July 29, 2005 | Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. |
| July 8, 1853 | The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade. |
| July 7, 1456 | A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. |
| July 25, 1956 | Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51. |
| July 18, 1995 | On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee. |
| July 21, 2010 | President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
| July 21, 1944 | World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. |
| July 14, 1965 | Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth. |
| July 5, 1937 | Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation. |
| July 15, 1974 | In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president. |
| July 12, 1488 | Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China. |
| July 23, 1943 | The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England. |
| July 19, 2018 | The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. |
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