Overview
July 7 (7月7日. shichigatsu nanoka) is the 188th day of the year and the 7th day of July.
Events
Historical Events
- 1456 → A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy after 25 years of her death.
- 1534 → European colonization of the Americas. This marked the first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
- 1543 → French invasion on Luxembourg.
- 1575 → The final major battle between England and Scotland. Known as Raid of the Redeswire.
- 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 → Battle of Hubbardton. one of the events of American Revolutionary War (also known as American War of Independence)
- 1798 → Quasi-War between the U.S. Congress and France. The US. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the "war".
- 1807 → Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.
- 1834 → In New York City, evangelical Protestants began four nights of rioting against abolitionists.
- 1846 → Mexican-American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the U.S. conquest 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.
- 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.
- 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 → Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
- 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.
- 1944 → World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1953 → Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
- 1954 → Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right."
- 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.
- 1967 → Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.
- 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.
- 1983 → Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
- 1985 → Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win -Wimbledon at age 17
- 1991 → Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1997 → The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
- 2002 → A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
- 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.
Birthdays
Real People
- Emperor Sutoku (1119 - 1164)
- Ringo Starr (1940)
- Naoko Ken (1953)
Fictional Characters
- Hitagi Senjougahara → Bakemonogatari
- Rinna Kazamatsuri → Stellvia
- Ruri Hoshino → Martian Successor Nadesico
- Kusuha Mizuha → Super Robot Wars Series
- Houki Shinonono → Infinite Stratos
- Kagami Hiiragi → Lucky Star
- Tsukasa Hiiragi → Lucky Star
- Kiba Inuzuka → Naruto
- Killua Zoldyck → Hunter x Hunter
- Orihime Soletta → Sakura Wars
- Sara Yuki → Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
- Mamoru Takamura → Fighting Spirit
- Shu Mikami → Forbidden Siren 2
- Tsuyoshi Yamada → Densha Otoko
- Yuri Tanima → Wedding Peach
- Ririka Moriya → Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
- Miho Umeda → I My Me! Strawberry Eggs
- Kirari Tsukishima → Kirarin Revolution
- Hime Onizuka → Sket Dance
- Yuuka Haruno → Hitori de Dekirumon! Doki Doki Kitchen
- Suzume Sakurajosui → Cyber Team in Akihabara
- Karl Lichter von Randoll → Future GPX Cyber Formula
- Marilyn Lee Cross → The Cold Equations
- Kanade Misagiri → Marginal Skip
- Yuina Himoo → Tokimeki Memorial
- Chirico Cuvie → Armored Trooper Votoms
- Haru Glory → Rave Master
- Lucia Raregroove → Rave Master
- Nanao Ise → Bleach Series
- Fumitsuki Nanakorobi → Happy Lesson
- Asahi Sanjo → Marriage Royale
- Reiko Katherine Akimoto → Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouen-mae Hashutsujo
- Gomesu Tonda → Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouen-mae Hashutsujo
- Seiji Hokuto → Ultraman A
- Yuuko Minami → Ultraman A
- Jenos Hazard → Black Cat Series
- Aoi Sakuraba → Ai Yori Aoshi
- Tamaki Kousaka → To Heart 2
- Aoko Aozaki → Type-Moon
- Kagami Sumika → Muv-Luv
- Ryokan Kurita → Eyeshield 21
- Nanami → Nanami-chan
- Amano Sakogami → Happy Seven
- Haru Kaidou → Super Lovers
- Atom Kirihara → Marginal#4
- Iori Yuzuki → Yotsunoha
- Bree→ Animal Crossing
- Ms. Otose (Terada Ayano) → Gintama
- Mutsu → Gintama
- Hokuto Kusanagi → Gear Fighter Dendoh
- Kana Aikawa → Town Memory
- Mone → Yumeria
- Mikoto Hebigami → Mr. Fullswing
- Mararia → Quiz Magic Academy
- Litchi Faye-Ling → BlazBlue
- Nagisa Kurihara → Sketchbook
- Mokuba Kaiba → Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Kyouji Kimura → Get Love!!: Field no Ouji-sama
- Nana Takenouchi → Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
- Yoshiyuki Yokoo → Normandy Secret Club
- Azuki → Minna de Kitaeru Zenno Training
- Seiya Kawai → Elite Yankee Saburou
- Mio Asanagi → Asanagi no Aquanauts
- Colonnello → Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
- Asuka Wakamiya → Ashita no Kimi to Au Tameni
- Hisae Mayama → Apache Rental Family
- Nanase Haruhara → Trangle Heart
- Nanami Makino → Suigetsu
- Maiya Hisau → Fate/Zero
- Euphorebea=Malginata=Shirayuki → Manabiya
- Ellesteria Marigold → Prism Rhythm
- Nanaka Yugiri → Twinkle Crusaders
- Mare S. Ephemeral → Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish Upon a Shooting Star-
- Casio → Greed Packet Unlimited
- Nokia → Greed Packet Unlimited
- Nanako Chikami → FESTA!! -HYPER GIRLS POP-