What Happened on July 7?

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EVENTS ON JULY 7

First Battle of the Isonzo

Year: 1915

The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.

Sliced bread

Year: 1928

Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.

North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911

Year: 1911

The United States, UK, 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.

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Year: 1907

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.

President of the United States

Year: 1898

US president William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

Lapua Movement

Year: 1930

The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities.

Henry J. Kaiser

Year: 1930

Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).

World War II

Year: 1944

World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.

Boris Johnson

Year: 2022

Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

Allied occupation of Iceland

Year: 1941

The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.

BIRTHS ON JULY 7

Liviu Ciulei

Year of birth: 1923

Liviu Ciulei, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2011)

Whitney North Seymour Jr.

Year of birth: 1923

Whitney North Seymour Jr., American politician (died 2019)

Eduardo Falú

Year of birth: 1923

Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (died 2013)

James D. Hughes

Year of birth: 1922

James D. Hughes, American Air Force lieutenant general (died 2024)

Eddie Romero

Year of birth: 1924

Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts (died 2013)

Karim Olowu

Year of birth: 1924

Karim Olowu, Nigerian sprinter and long jumper (died 2019)

Geliy Korzhev

Year of birth: 1925

Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (died 2012)

Wally Phillips

Year of birth: 1925

Wally Phillips, American radio host (died 2008)

Natalia Bekhtereva

Year of birth: 1924

Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (died 2008)

Mary Ford

Year of birth: 1924

Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (died 1977)

DEATHS ON JULY 7

Cathal Brugha

Year of death: 1922

Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (born 1874)