July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of the year. The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced Seven-seven) have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on Londons transport system. In the Chinese language, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death. 1534 – European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick. 1585 – The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France. 1770 – The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton. 1798 – Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the war. 1834 – In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began. 1846 – Mexican–American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the U.S. acquisition of California. 1863 – United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300. 1865 – American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged. 1892 – Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia. 1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. 1911 – The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. 1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China. 1946 – Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized. 1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. 1952 – The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world. 1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law. 1959 – Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere. 1978 – The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom. 1980 – Institution of sharia in Iran. 1980 – During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre. 1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17 2002 – A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al-Qaeda leader. 2003 – NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover – B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket. 2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on Londons transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
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