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nina_vendrediJuly 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian
calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of the year. The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in a leap year.
Events
251 - The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed.
1520 - La Noche Triste: Joint Mexican Indian force led by Aztecs under Cuitláhuac defeat Spanish Conquistadors under Hernán Cortés.
1858 - The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
1870 - The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
1921 - The Communist Party of China is founded.
1943 - Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo." (Present-day Tokyo is not a city.)
1963 - ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.
1968 - The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
1972 - The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.
1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman.
1984 - The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
1990 - German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.
Births
1633 - Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
1646 - Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)
1742 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
1804 - George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
1869 - William Strunk Jr., American grammarian (d. 1946)
1906 - Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)
1934 - Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)
1941 - Twyla Tharp, American choreographer
1952 - Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)
1962 - Andre Braugher, American actor
1967 - Pamela Anderson, Canadian model
1971 - Missy Elliott, American rapper and singer
Deaths
1784 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (b. 1710)
1894 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819)
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (b. 1811)
1974 - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
1991 - Michael Landon, American actor (b. 1936)
2000 - Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
2004 - Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
2005 - Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
Holidays and observances
Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day) - the national holiday of Canada.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day.
Saint Gaius, pope, martyr
calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of the year. The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in a leap year.
Events
251 - The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed.
1520 - La Noche Triste: Joint Mexican Indian force led by Aztecs under Cuitláhuac defeat Spanish Conquistadors under Hernán Cortés.
1858 - The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
1870 - The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
1921 - The Communist Party of China is founded.
1943 - Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo." (Present-day Tokyo is not a city.)
1963 - ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.
1968 - The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
1972 - The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.
1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman.
1984 - The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
1990 - German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.
Births
1633 - Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
1646 - Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)
1742 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
1804 - George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
1869 - William Strunk Jr., American grammarian (d. 1946)
1906 - Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)
1934 - Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)
1941 - Twyla Tharp, American choreographer
1952 - Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)
1962 - Andre Braugher, American actor
1967 - Pamela Anderson, Canadian model
1971 - Missy Elliott, American rapper and singer
Deaths
1784 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (b. 1710)
1894 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819)
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (b. 1811)
1974 - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
1991 - Michael Landon, American actor (b. 1936)
2000 - Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
2004 - Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
2005 - Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
Holidays and observances
Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day) - the national holiday of Canada.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day.
Saint Gaius, pope, martyr