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July 7th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.
- Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)
- Saba Saba Day (Tanzania)
- Tanabata (Japan)
- Unity Factory Day (Yemen)

July 7th


- 2005 - A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
- 2002 - A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
- 1991 - Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1985 - Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17
- 1983 - Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
- 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.
- 1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1969 - In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
- 1967 - Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.
- 1959 - 14:28 UT Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
- 1958 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
- 1956 - Fritz Moravec reaches the peak of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
- 1954 - Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right."
- 1953 - Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
- 1952 - The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop's Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
- 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
- 1946 - Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
- 1941 - World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation.
- 1941 - World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
- 1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
- 1930 - Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
- 1928 - Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
- 1917 - Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms a provisional government in Russia after the deposing of Tsar Nicholas II.
- 1915 - World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.
- 1915 - An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
- 1898 - U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
- 1892 - Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
- 1865 - American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
- 1863 - United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
- 1846 - Mexican-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the U.S. conquest of California.
- 1807 - Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.
- 1798 - Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the "war".
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton.
- 1770 - The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
- 1585 - The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
- 1575 - Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
- 1543 - French troops invade Luxembourg.
- 1534 - European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
- 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.

July 7th


- 2000 - Princess Purnika of Nepal
- 1989 - Giannoulis Fakinos, Greek footballer
- 1989 - Kim Bum, South Korean actor
- 1988 - Kaci Brown, American singer
- 1988 - Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player
- 1988 - Ilan Rubin, American drummer (Nine Inch Nails)
- 1987 - Steven Crowder, American comedian
- 1987 - Lena Ma, Canadian beauty pageant contestant (Miss World 4th runner-up)
- 1986 - Ana Kasparian, American Radio Talk Show Host (The Young Turks)
- 1986 - Udo Schwarz, German rugby player
- 1984 - Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
- 1984 - Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1984 - Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
- 1983 - Justin Davies, Australian rules footballer
- 1983 - D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane)
- 1983 - Ciara Newell, Irish singer (Bellefire)
- 1982 - Cassidy, American rapper
- 1982 - Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail)
- 1982 - Nick Karner, American filmmaker
- 1982 - George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
- 1981 - Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1981 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
- 1980 - Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used)
- 1980 - John Buck, American baseball player
- 1980 - Deidre Downs, American beauty queen
- 1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
- 1980 - Kaisa Jouhki, Indonesian singer (Battlelore)
- 1979 - Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
- 1979 - Carl Breeze, British racing driver
- 1978 - Chris Andersen, American basketball player
- 1977 - Felix Vasquez, American municipal employee (New York City Housing Authority) and Bronze Medallion recipient
- 1976 - Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
- 1975 - Tony Benshoof, American luger
- 1975 - Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer
- 1974 - Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Troy Garity, American actor
- 1973 - José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 - Matt Mantei, American baseball player
- 1973 - K?rlis Skrasti?š, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1973 - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka
- 1972 - Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
- 1972 - Kirsten Vangsness, American actress
- 1972 - Manfred Stohl, Austrian rally driver
- 1971 - Alistair Potts, British rower
- 1971 - Christian Camargo, American actor
- 1970 - Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
- 1970 - Erik Zabel, German cyclist
- 1970 - Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
- 1969 - Sylke Otto, German luger
- 1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 - Nathalie Simard, French Canadian singer
- 1969 - Cree Summer, American voice actress
- 1969 - Robin Weigert, American actress
- 1968 - Allen Payne, American actor
- 1968 - Jeff VanderMeer, American writer
- 1968 - Amy Carlson, American actress
- 1968 - Jorja Fox, American actress
- 1967 - Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
- 1967 - Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1966 - Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
- 1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist
- 1966 - Neil Tobin, American magician and psychic entertainer
- 1965 - Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
- 1965 - Mo Collins, American actress
- 1965 - Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
- 1965 - Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player
- 1963 - Vonda Shepard, American singer
- 1960 - Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
- 1960 - Ralph Sampson, American basketball player
- 1959 - Billy Campbell, American actor
- 1959 - Jessica Hahn, American model
- 1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
- 1957 - Jonathan Dayton, American film director
- 1957 - Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact)
- 1955 - Len Barker, American baseball player
- 1954 - Rami Fortis, Israeli rock singer (Minimal Compact)
- 1952 - Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1949 - Shelley Duvall, American actress
- 1948 - Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
- 1947 - Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
- 1947 - Howard Rheingold, American critic and writer
- 1947 - Gyanendra, 9th and 14th (and last) King of Nepal
- 1947 - Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family)
- 1947 - Víctor Manuel, Spanish songwriter and singer
- 1946 - Joe Spano, American actor
- 1945 - Michael Ancram, British politician
- 1945 - Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer
- 1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
- 1943 - Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
- 1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
- 1941 - Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1941 - Michael Howard, British politician
- 1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
- 1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
- 1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
- 1936 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980)
- 1936 - Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971)
- 1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand middle distance runner
- 1933 - David McCullough, American historian and author
- 1933 - Bruce Wells, English boxer and actor
- 1932 - Joe Zawinul, Austrian jazz composer and keyboardist (d. 2007)
- 1931 - David Eddings, American fantasy novelist (d. 2009)
- 1930 - Hank Mobley, American jazz composer and saxophonist (d. 1986)
- 1930 - Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American Catholic Cardinal
- 1929 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
- 1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and jazz trumpeter
- 1927 - Charlie Louvin, American country music singer-songwriter (Louvin Brothers)
- 1925 - Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008)
- 1924 - Mary Ford, American singer (d. 1977)
- 1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
- 1921 - Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
- 1920 - Bhaktaraj Maharaj, Indian Hindu saint (d. 1995)
- 1919 - Jon Pertwee, English actor (d. 1996)
- 1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, El Salvador politician (d. 2003)
- 1915 - Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander, African-American novelist and poet (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Pinetop Perkins, American blues pianist
- 1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (d. 2007)
- 1908 - Revilo P. Oliver, American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian and white nationalist (d. 1994)
- 1907 - Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d. 1970)
- 1906 - Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1906 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player (d. 1985)
- 1906 - Anna Marie Hahn, German-born American serial killer (d. 1938)
- 1904 - Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
- 1902 - Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and centenarian (d. 2005)
- 1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
- 1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)
- 1901 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer (d. 1970)
- 1900 - Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)
- 1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
- 1893 - Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
- 1891 - Virginia Rappe, American actress (d. 1921)
- 1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985)
- 1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
- 1874 - Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
- 1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
- 1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
- 1851 - Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (d. 1933)
- 1848 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919)
- 1843 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
- 1766 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
- 1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
- 1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)
- 1656 - Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)
- 1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman and art collector (d. 1646)
- 1528 - Archduchess Anna of Austria Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
- 1207 - Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary and Catholic saint (d. 1231)
- 1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
- 1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)