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.
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.
1961 - Britain's Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England.
1962 - Burundi and Rwanda achieved their independence.
1963 - The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) Codes.
1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
1968 - The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and 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.
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.
2017 - Pope Francis declined to renew the mandate of German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases. (During Mueller’s five-year term, the congregation amassed a 2,000-case backlog and came under blistering criticism from abuse survivors.)
2021 - The Supreme Court cut back on a landmark voting rights law, in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions that were put in place since the 2020 elections.
Birthdays
23 - Meredith Mickelson (model)
24 - Chloe Bailey (actress/singer)
30 - Andrew Cavarno (actor)
30 - Steven Cavarno (actor)
34 - Evan Ellingson (actor)
36 - Agnez Mo (singer)
37 - Lea Seydoux (actress)
39 - Lynsey Bartilson (actress)
40 - Hilarie Burton (actress)
45 - Liv Tyler (actress)
46 - Thomas Sadoski (actor)
48 - Jill Kargman (actress)
51 - Melissa Peterman (actress)
51 - Julianne Nicholson (actress)
51 - Missy Elliott (singer)
52 - Henry Simmons (actor)
55 - Pamela Anderson (actress)
60 - Dominic Keating (actor)
60 - Andrew Braugher (actor)
61 - Michelle Wright (singer)
61 - Carl Lewis (track & field athlete)
62 - Evelyn King (singer)
66 - Alan Ruck (actor)
66 - Lorna Patterson (actress)
70 - Dan Aykroyd (actor/comedian)
71 - Terrence Mann (actor)
71 - Trevor Eve (actor)
71 - Daryl Anderson (actor)
77 - Deborah Harry (actress/singer)
80 - Genevieve Bujold (actress)
86 - Wally Amos (cookie maker)
88 - Jamie Farr (actor)
88 - Jean Marsh (actress)
91 - Leslie Caron (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 1
1903 - The first Tour de France began. (It ended on July 19; the winner was Maurice Garin.)
1905 - Frank Owen (Chicago White Sox) pitched two complete games in one day.
1917 - Fred Toney (Cincinnati Reds) 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.
1982 - Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of what would become his 2,216 consecutive starts for the Baltimore Orioles.
1995 - The NBA locked out its players. It was the first work stoppage in the league's history.
1996 - The NHL's Winnipeg Jets formally moves to Arizona and is renamed the Phoenix Coyotes.
1997 - Randy Myers (Baltimore Orioles) got his 300th career save.
1998 - The NBA locked out its players for the second time in its history.
2012 - Tiger Woods won the AT&T National at Congressional in Bethesda, Maryland, closing with a 2-under 69 for the 74th win of his career.
2018 - LeBron James leaves the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time, agreeing to a 4-year, $154 million deal with 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.
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.
1961 - Britain's Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England.
1962 - Burundi and Rwanda achieved their independence.
1963 - The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) Codes.
1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
1968 - The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and 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.
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.
2017 - Pope Francis declined to renew the mandate of German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases. (During Mueller’s five-year term, the congregation amassed a 2,000-case backlog and came under blistering criticism from abuse survivors.)
2021 - The Supreme Court cut back on a landmark voting rights law, in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions that were put in place since the 2020 elections.
Birthdays
23 - Meredith Mickelson (model)
24 - Chloe Bailey (actress/singer)
30 - Andrew Cavarno (actor)
30 - Steven Cavarno (actor)
34 - Evan Ellingson (actor)
36 - Agnez Mo (singer)
37 - Lea Seydoux (actress)
39 - Lynsey Bartilson (actress)
40 - Hilarie Burton (actress)
45 - Liv Tyler (actress)
46 - Thomas Sadoski (actor)
48 - Jill Kargman (actress)
51 - Melissa Peterman (actress)
51 - Julianne Nicholson (actress)
51 - Missy Elliott (singer)
52 - Henry Simmons (actor)
55 - Pamela Anderson (actress)
60 - Dominic Keating (actor)
60 - Andrew Braugher (actor)
61 - Michelle Wright (singer)
61 - Carl Lewis (track & field athlete)
62 - Evelyn King (singer)
66 - Alan Ruck (actor)
66 - Lorna Patterson (actress)
70 - Dan Aykroyd (actor/comedian)
71 - Terrence Mann (actor)
71 - Trevor Eve (actor)
71 - Daryl Anderson (actor)
77 - Deborah Harry (actress/singer)
80 - Genevieve Bujold (actress)
86 - Wally Amos (cookie maker)
88 - Jamie Farr (actor)
88 - Jean Marsh (actress)
91 - Leslie Caron (actress)
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Today in Sports History - July 1
1903 - The first Tour de France began. (It ended on July 19; the winner was Maurice Garin.)
1905 - Frank Owen (Chicago White Sox) pitched two complete games in one day.
1917 - Fred Toney (Cincinnati Reds) 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.
1982 - Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of what would become his 2,216 consecutive starts for the Baltimore Orioles.
1995 - The NBA locked out its players. It was the first work stoppage in the league's history.
1996 - The NHL's Winnipeg Jets formally moves to Arizona and is renamed the Phoenix Coyotes.
1997 - Randy Myers (Baltimore Orioles) got his 300th career save.
1998 - The NBA locked out its players for the second time in its history.
2012 - Tiger Woods won the AT&T National at Congressional in Bethesda, Maryland, closing with a 2-under 69 for the 74th win of his career.
2018 - LeBron James leaves the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time, agreeing to a 4-year, $154 million deal with 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.
