Today in History
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1991 Brioni Declaration is signed
The agreement was signed by Slovenia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia on the Brioni islands in Croatia. The
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1985 Boris Becker becomes the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17
The German tennis player beat American Kevin Curren.
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1981 Sandra Day O'Connor is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor is the first woman to be appointed to the highest cou
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1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law
Under the law, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States of America on January 3, 1959.
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1947 Roswell UFO sighting
An object crashed into a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico raising speculations that the object was an
Births On This Day,
July, 7
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1940 Ringo Starr
British singer-songwriter, musician, actor
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1933 David McCullough
American historian, author
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1907 Robert A. Heinlein
American writer
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1906 Satchel Paige
American baseball player
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1860 Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Deaths On This Day,
July, 7
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2008 Bruce Conner
American painter, photographer, director
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2006 Syd Barrett
English singer-songwriter, guitarist
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1930 Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish physician, author
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1865 Mary Surratt
American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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1307 Edward I of England
