Music Recording
1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley
- 1960 "Once Upon a Mattress" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 460 performances
Music Recording
1964 Cilla Black records Beatle's "Its For You", Paul McCartney plays piano
Paul McCartney
- 1969 Leslie West & Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
- 1972 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 3242 performances
- 1973 "You've Never Been This Far Before" single released by Conway Twitty (Billboard Song of the Year 1973)
- 1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement
- 1995 "Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square NYC after 80 performances
Music Concert
2005 10 Live 8 concerts held around the world organised by Bob Geldof to raise awareness of poverty
Bob Geldof
- 2018 Singers Cheryl and Liam Payne announce they are splitting up after two years
July in History
Five Miles of Mud Costs a Million Casualties
The Battle of the Somme, which began on this day, left one man dead every five seconds. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.
July 1, 1916
Final Hours of Ernest Hemingway
Why did Ernest Hemingway, with everything to live for, kill himself on this day? The one thing he did not write is a suicide note but scientists have some answers.
July 2, 1961
Swimwear Reduced to Bare Essentials
Now a common sight on beaches across the world, the bikini created a sensation when a French mechanic launched it on this day in history.
July 5, 1946
One, Two, Three o'Clock, Four o'Clock . . . riot!
A chubby middle-aged performer caused riots across the world when his music was used as the soundtrack to a movie featuring rebellious teenagers.
July 6, 1925