Historical Events In July - 01

1916  On this day in history eisenhower marries Mary `Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo   

1916  On July - 01 the birth of Olivia de Havilland, American film actress   

1916  On this day in history olivia de Havilland, Tokyo Japan, actress (Adventures of Robin Hood)   

1916  On July - 01 william Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies   

1917  On this day in history race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)   

1919  On July - 01 first class postage drops from 3. to 2.   

1919  On this day in history hans Bender, German poet   

1921  On July - 01 seretse Khama, 1st premier/president of Botswana (Bechuanaland)   

1922  Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I mala voglia), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1923  Constance Ford, actress (Ada Hobson-Another World) on this day in history.   

1924  On July - 01 regular transcontinental airmail service established, NYC-SF   

1925  On this day in history secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in UK   

1925  On this day in history farley Granger, San Jose CA, actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask)   

1925  Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59 on July - 01.   

1926  Franclaois-Regis Bastide, writer/broadcaster on July - 01.   

1927  On July - 01 hans Eklund, composer   

1928  On July - 01 constance Ford, US actress (Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World)   

1929  Gerald M Edelman, US biochemist (Nobel 1972) on July - 01.   

1930  Andreas JAI Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Schipluiden/Leiderdorp) on this day in history.   

1931  Ice vending machines introduced in LA on this day in history.   

1931  On July - 01 leslie Caron, Boulogne-Biliancourt France, actr (Lili, Father Goose)   

1931  China floods in China killing 4,000,000 people on this day in history.   

1931  China floods in China killing 400,000-4,000,000 people on July - 01.   

1932  NY Gov FDR nominated for president at the Dem Convention in Chicago on July - 01.   

1933  G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1590 Tsiolkovskaja on July - 01.   

1934  First x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY on this day in history.   

1939  Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history channel Islands occupied by German forces   

1941  On this day in history bulova Watch Co. pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial   

1941  On this day in history tV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), NYC   

1943  MacArthur starts the Allied offensive in the Pacific; New Guinea Isles War on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history withholding tax from paychecks starts   

1943  Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed on this day in history.   

1944  Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank on July - 01.   

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1381  On this day in history birth of laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint   

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

1506  Louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26) was born on July - 01.   

1511  On July - 01 birth of hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen de Jonghe], medical/historian/humanist   

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  Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot was born on this day in history.   

1574  Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 01 death of baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)   

1378  Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies on this day in history.   

1523  Death of Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake on July - 01.   

1589  Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies on July - 01.   

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)