Historical Events In July - 01

1944  On July - 01 carl Mayer, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), dies at 49  

1945  Troops of the 7th Division land at Balikpapan in south-east Borneo on July - 01.  

1946  On this day in history rajah cedes Sarawak to the British crown  

1946  US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion) on July - 01.  

1947  British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office on July - 01.  

1947  On this day in history clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80  

1948  Berlin Airlift, supplying Berlin's zones by air on July - 01.  

1948  NYC subway fare goes to 10., bus fare to 7. & combo fare at 12 on July - 01.  

1949  On July - 01 bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France  

1949  On July - 01 canadian Pacific accepts its last new steam locomotive (in March) class T-l-c 2-10-4 no. 5935 from Montreal Locomotive Works, and acquires its first road diesel-electric locomotives nos. 8400-8404 (in September) for conversion of motive power on the Montreal-Newport-Wells River line.  

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1949  On this day in history louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65  

1950  NYC bus fare rises to 10. equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 on this day in history.  

1950  Edward Faber Schneider, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1952  On July - 01 actor Dan Akroyd (Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live) was born.  

1953  On July - 01 azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered  

1955  On July - 01 the escort carrier uss Thetis Bay, in process of conversion to the new mission, was reclassified as an assault Helicopter Aircraft Carrier and redesignated CVHA 1.  

1956  Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on The Steve Allen Show on this day in history.  

1958  Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies on July - 01.  

1959  On this day in history world Refugee Year begins  

1960  Ghana becomes a republic on July - 01.  

1960  On this day in history italian Somalia gains independence, unites with Somali Republic  

1961  On this day in history haleakala National Park established in Hawaii  

1962  Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) on July - 01.  

1962  Rwanda and Burundi become independent countries on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history beatles record "She Loves You" & "I'll Get You"  

1963  US postal service institutes the (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code on this day in history.  

1963  On July - 01 camille Chautemps, premier France, dies  

1964  Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history claude Thornhill, composer, dies at 55  

1966  Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART on July - 01.  

1966  Medicare goes into effect on July - 01.  

1967  On this day in history beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks  

1968  John Lennon's first full art exhibition (You are Here) on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history uS, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty  

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1381  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint was born on July - 01.  

1481  On this day in history birth of christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)  

1506  On July - 01 birth of louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26)  

1511  Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen de Jonghe], medical/historian/humanist was born on this day in history.  

1534  On July - 01 birth of frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88)  

1534  On this day in history birth of frederick II of Denmark (d. 1588)  

1560  On this day in history birth of charles van Croij, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot  

1574  Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656) was born on July - 01.  

0251  On July - 01 death of decius, Roman Emperor (b. 207)  

1109  Death of King Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1040) on this day in history.  

1277  Death of Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. 1223) on July - 01.  

1378  On this day in history jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies  

1523  On July - 01 death of hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake  

1589  On this day in history christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies  

1592  On this day in history marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist/composer (Responsoria), dies  

1614  On this day in history death of isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)