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 6, 1944 | The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut. |
| July 20, 1961 | French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. |
| July 30, 1863 | American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder. |
| July 17, 1989 | First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. |
| July 10, 1991 | The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid. |
| July 15, 70 | First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). |
| July 3, 1863 | American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. |
| July 10, 1883 | War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvian army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war. |
| July 25, 1978 | Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. |
| July 21, 2008 | Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first President of Nepal. |
| July 17, 2015 | At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. |
| July 26, 1822 | First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis. |
| July 20, 1715 | Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea. |
| July 4, 1976 | Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. |
| July 31, 1973 | A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89. |
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