July 1
1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.
1867 - Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act.
1898 - Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" fought the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
1916 - Dwight D. Eisenhower married Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud in Denver.
1943 - Income tax withholding began in the United States.
1944 - Delegates from 44 countries began meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where they agreed to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1946 - The United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1961 - Britain's Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England.
1962 - Burundi and Rwanda achieved independence from Belgium.
1963 - The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP codes (Zone Improvement Plan).
1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
1968 - The United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, along with 58 other nations, signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
1969 - Britain's Prince Charles was invested as the prince of Wales.
1973 - The Drug Enforcement Administration was established.
1984 - The Motion Picture Association of America established the "PG-13" rating.
1987 - President Ronald Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. (Bork was later rejected by the Senate.)
1991 - President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
1994 - Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
1997 - After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law went into effect, granting gay couples most of the rights, benefits and responsibilities of marriage.
2004 - Actor Marlon Brando died at age 80.
2010 - At least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore, killing some three dozen people.
2011 - In Minnesota, a three-week state government shutdown began after legislators could not agree on a budget.
2013 - Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.
2015 - After more than a half-century of hostility, the United States and Cuba declared they would reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, marking a historic full restoration of diplomatic relations between the Cold War foes.
2016 - New laws targeting abortion took effect in about one-fifth of the states, initiating another wave of restrictions just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas measure that had led to the closing of several clinics.
2020 - The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, which was the Confederate capital, ordered the removal of all Confederate statues from city land; hours later, crews removed a statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from its concrete pedestal along Richmond’s Monument Avenue.
2020 - Police in San Francisco said they would stop releasing the mug shots of people who’d been arrested unless they posed a threat to the public; they said it was part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes.
Birthdays
22 - Meredith Mickelson (model)
23 - Chloe Bailey (actress/singer)
29 - Andrew Cavarno (actor)
29 - Steven Cavarno (actor)
32 - Hannah Murray (actress)
33 - Evan Ellingson (actor)
36 - Lea Seydoux (actress)
38 - Lynsey Bartilson (actress)
39 - Hilarie Burton (actress)
44 - Liv Tyler (actress)
45 - Thomas Sadoski (actor)
47 - Jill Kargman (actress)
50 - Melissa Peterman (actress)
50 - Julianne Nicholson (actress)
50 - Missy Elliott (singer)
51 - Henry Simmons (actor)
54 - Pamela Anderson (actress)
59 - Dominic Keating (actor)
59 - Andre Braugher (actor)
60 - Michelle Wright (country singer)
60 - Carl Lewis (track & field athlete)
65 - Alan Ruck (actor)
65 - Lorna Patterson (actress)
69 - Dan Aykroyd (actor/comedian)
70 - Fred Schneider (singer)
70 - Terrence Mann (actor)
70 - Trevor Eve (actor)
70 - Daryl Anderson (actor)
79 - Genevieve Bujold (actress)
85 - Wally Amos (cookie maker)
87 - Jamie Farr (actor)
87 - Jean Marsh (actress)
90 - Leslie Caron (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 1
1903 - The first Tour de France began.
1904 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in St. Louis, the first Olympics held in the United States.
1905 - Frank Owen (Chicago White Sox) pitched two complete games in one day.
1920 - Suzanne Lenglen became the first player to win three titles at Wimbledon in one year. She won the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
1932 - Helen Moody won her fifth women's singles title in six years at Wimbledon.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 44 games.
1951 - Bob Feller set a major league baseball record when he pitched his third no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians.
1987 - New York City radio station WFAN-AM launches the first 24-hour all-sports radio format.
1995 - The NBA locked out its players. It was the first work stoppage in the league's history.
1997 - Randy Myers (Baltimore Orioles) got his 300th career save.
1998 - The NBA locked out its players for the second time in its history.
2011 - The NBA locked out its players, a long-expected move that put the 2011-12 season in jeopardy. (The lockout ended in Dec. 2011 with the adoption of a new collective bargaining agreement.)
2018 - LeBron James signs a four-year, $154 million contract to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Los Angeles Lakers.
2019 - 15-year-old Coco Gauff, the youngest player to qualify at Wimbledon in the professional era, defeated 39-year-old Venus Williams in the first round, 6-4, 6-4.
1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.
1867 - Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act.
1898 - Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" fought the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
1916 - Dwight D. Eisenhower married Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud in Denver.
1943 - Income tax withholding began in the United States.
1944 - Delegates from 44 countries began meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where they agreed to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1946 - The United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1961 - Britain's Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England.
1962 - Burundi and Rwanda achieved independence from Belgium.
1963 - The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP codes (Zone Improvement Plan).
1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
1968 - The United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, along with 58 other nations, signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
1969 - Britain's Prince Charles was invested as the prince of Wales.
1973 - The Drug Enforcement Administration was established.
1984 - The Motion Picture Association of America established the "PG-13" rating.
1987 - President Ronald Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. (Bork was later rejected by the Senate.)
1991 - President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
1994 - Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
1997 - After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law went into effect, granting gay couples most of the rights, benefits and responsibilities of marriage.
2004 - Actor Marlon Brando died at age 80.
2010 - At least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore, killing some three dozen people.
2011 - In Minnesota, a three-week state government shutdown began after legislators could not agree on a budget.
2013 - Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.
2015 - After more than a half-century of hostility, the United States and Cuba declared they would reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, marking a historic full restoration of diplomatic relations between the Cold War foes.
2016 - New laws targeting abortion took effect in about one-fifth of the states, initiating another wave of restrictions just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas measure that had led to the closing of several clinics.
2020 - The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, which was the Confederate capital, ordered the removal of all Confederate statues from city land; hours later, crews removed a statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from its concrete pedestal along Richmond’s Monument Avenue.
2020 - Police in San Francisco said they would stop releasing the mug shots of people who’d been arrested unless they posed a threat to the public; they said it was part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes.
Birthdays
22 - Meredith Mickelson (model)
23 - Chloe Bailey (actress/singer)
29 - Andrew Cavarno (actor)
29 - Steven Cavarno (actor)
32 - Hannah Murray (actress)
33 - Evan Ellingson (actor)
36 - Lea Seydoux (actress)
38 - Lynsey Bartilson (actress)
39 - Hilarie Burton (actress)
44 - Liv Tyler (actress)
45 - Thomas Sadoski (actor)
47 - Jill Kargman (actress)
50 - Melissa Peterman (actress)
50 - Julianne Nicholson (actress)
50 - Missy Elliott (singer)
51 - Henry Simmons (actor)
54 - Pamela Anderson (actress)
59 - Dominic Keating (actor)
59 - Andre Braugher (actor)
60 - Michelle Wright (country singer)
60 - Carl Lewis (track & field athlete)
65 - Alan Ruck (actor)
65 - Lorna Patterson (actress)
69 - Dan Aykroyd (actor/comedian)
70 - Fred Schneider (singer)
70 - Terrence Mann (actor)
70 - Trevor Eve (actor)
70 - Daryl Anderson (actor)
79 - Genevieve Bujold (actress)
85 - Wally Amos (cookie maker)
87 - Jamie Farr (actor)
87 - Jean Marsh (actress)
90 - Leslie Caron (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 1
1903 - The first Tour de France began.
1904 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in St. Louis, the first Olympics held in the United States.
1905 - Frank Owen (Chicago White Sox) pitched two complete games in one day.
1920 - Suzanne Lenglen became the first player to win three titles at Wimbledon in one year. She won the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
1932 - Helen Moody won her fifth women's singles title in six years at Wimbledon.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 44 games.
1951 - Bob Feller set a major league baseball record when he pitched his third no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians.
1987 - New York City radio station WFAN-AM launches the first 24-hour all-sports radio format.
1995 - The NBA locked out its players. It was the first work stoppage in the league's history.
1997 - Randy Myers (Baltimore Orioles) got his 300th career save.
1998 - The NBA locked out its players for the second time in its history.
2011 - The NBA locked out its players, a long-expected move that put the 2011-12 season in jeopardy. (The lockout ended in Dec. 2011 with the adoption of a new collective bargaining agreement.)
2018 - LeBron James signs a four-year, $154 million contract to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Los Angeles Lakers.
2019 - 15-year-old Coco Gauff, the youngest player to qualify at Wimbledon in the professional era, defeated 39-year-old Venus Williams in the first round, 6-4, 6-4.
