Events in History
- Jul 1 1st Laura Ashley store in the US opens (San Francisco)
Event of Interest
Jul 1 General Augusto Pinochet becomes president and dictator of Chile
Augusto Pinochet
- Jul 1 Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as President of Argentina
- Jul 1 Monmouthshire renamed Gwent and becomes part of Wales
- Jul 2 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
- Jul 3 Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
- Jul 4 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days
- Jul 8 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Election of Interest
Jul 9 Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election
Pierre Trudeau
- Jul 10 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
- Jul 10 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Jul 11 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
- Jul 11 World Football League plays 1st games
- Jul 12 John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights
- Jul 13 India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley)
- Jul 14 Bundy victims Janice Ott and Denise Naslund disappear, Lake Sammamish, Washington
- Jul 15 Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/President Makarios flees
- Jul 17 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 18 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
- Jul 18 World's tallest structure, 646 metre Polish radio mast, completed
- Jul 19 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 14 lands back on earth
- Jul 20 Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
- Jul 20 Turkey invades Cyprus
Event of Interest
Jul 21 US House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
- Jul 23 Greek military dictatorship collapses
- Jul 24 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
- Jul 26 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 26 USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
- Jul 27 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
- Jul 27 Kanhai & Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire v Gloucs
- Jul 28 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck (Belem, Brazil)
- Jul 29 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee
- Jul 29 Episcopal Church ordained female priests
- Jul 29 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
- Jul 29 St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base
- Jul 30 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd & last charge of "high crimes & misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
Birthdays in History
Alexis Tsipras
Jul 28 Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician (Greek President 2015), born in Athens
Alexis Tsipras
Deaths in History
Juan Perón
Jul 1 Juan Perón, Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies of a heart attack at 78
Juan Perón
Earl Warren
Jul 9 Earl Warren, governor of California/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83
Earl Warren
- Jul 11 Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
- Jul 13 Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76
- Jul 14 Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77
- Jul 14 Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, dies at 83
- Jul 15 Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b.1944)
- Jul 21 Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74
- Jul 22 Wayne L Morse, (Sen-D-Oregon), dies at 73
James Chadwick
Jul 24 James Chadwick, English physicist (Nobel 1935, discovered neutron), dies at 82
James Chadwick