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 18, 1976 | Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. |
| July 5, 1987 | Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic. |
| July 10, 2002 | At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson. |
| July 22, 1594 | The Dutch city of Groningen defended by the Spanish and besieged by a Dutch and English army under Maurice of Orange, capitulates. |
| July 30, 2012 | A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India. |
| July 21, 2010 | President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
| July 6, 1982 | While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, an Ilyushin Il-62 operating as Aeroflot Flight 411 crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board. |
| July 27, 1940 | The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny. |
| July 30, 2012 | A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India. |
| July 28, 1996 | The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man. |
| July 30, 762 | Baghdad is founded. |
| July 20, 1398 | The Battle of Kellistown was fought on this day between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster. |
| July 30, 1756 | In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers. |
| July 26, 1952 | King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. |
| July 2, 1994 | USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board. |
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