July 1
Today is the 183rd day of 2016, there are 183 days left in the year.
1535 - Sir Thomas More went on trial in England, charged with high treason for rejecting the Oath of Supremacy. (More was convicted, and executed.)
1863 - The Civil War Battle of Gettysburg began.
1867 - Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain.
1898 - Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1916 - Dwight D. Eisenhower married Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud in Denver.
1943 - "Pay-as-you-go" income tax withholding began.
1961 - Britain's Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England.
1962 - The African nations of Burundi and Rwanda gained independence.
1963 - The U.S. Post Office introduced five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.
1968 - The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
1969 - Britain's Prince Charles was invested as the Prince of Wales.
1984 - The Motion Picture Association of America established the "PG-13" movie rating.
1987 - President Ronald Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. (Bork was later rejected by the Senate.)
1991 - President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
1991 - The Warsaw Pact formally disbanded.
1994 - Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
1997 - Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law went into effect, granting gay couples most of the rights, benefits and responsibilities of marriage.
2004 - Actor Marlon Brando died at age 80.
2010 - At least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan's second-largest city, Lahore, killing nearly three dozen people.
2011 - In Minnesota, a three-week state government shutdown began after legislators could not agree on a budget.
2013 - Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.
Birthdays
23 - Raini Rodriguez (actress)
25 - Serenay Sarikaya (model)
27 - Hannah Murray (actress)
31 - Lea Seydoux (actress)
33 - Tanya Chisholm (actress)
34 - Hilarie Burton (actress)
36 - Nelson Cruz (baseball player)
39 - Liv Tyler (actress)
40 - Kellie Bright (actress)
45 - Missy Elliott (rapper)
45 - Melissa Peterman (actress)
49 - Pamela Anderson (actress)
64 - Dan Aykroyd (actor/director)
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Today in Sports History - July 1
1859 - The first intercollegiate baseball game is played, Amherst beats Williams 66-32.
1904 - The Olympic Games open in St. Louis.
1917 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Fred Toney pitches complete doubleheader victories over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1920 - Suzanne Lenglen became the first player to win three titles at Wimbledon in one year. She won the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
1931 - Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies hits for the cycle against the Chicago Cubs.
1932 - Helen Moody won her fifth Wimbledon singles title in six years.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 44 consecutive games.
1951 - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws his third career no-hitter in a 2-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. The three no-hitters was a major league record.
1973 - The United States and China play their first international basketball game against one another. A team of American collegiate players defeat the Chinese 96-61.
1982 - Cal Ripken Jr. began playing shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.
1987 - Radio station WHN-AM in New York City changes their call letters to WFAN and becomes the nation's first 24-hour all-sports talk radio station.
1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to form the World League of American Football.
1995 - The NBA locked out its players, beginning the first work stoppage in league history.
1997 - Randy Myers of the Baltimore Orioles recorded his 300th save.
1998 - The NBA locked out its players for the second time in league history.
2011 - The University of Nebraska officially became the 12th member of the Big Ten Conference.
2014 - The University of Maryland and Rutgers University officially join the Big Ten Conference, becoming the 13th and 14th members of the league.
Today is the 183rd day of 2016, there are 183 days left in the year.
1535 - Sir Thomas More went on trial in England, charged with high treason for rejecting the Oath of Supremacy. (More was convicted, and executed.)
1863 - The Civil War Battle of Gettysburg began.
1867 - Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain.
1898 - Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1916 - Dwight D. Eisenhower married Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud in Denver.
1943 - "Pay-as-you-go" income tax withholding began.
1961 - Britain's Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England.
1962 - The African nations of Burundi and Rwanda gained independence.
1963 - The U.S. Post Office introduced five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.
1968 - The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
1969 - Britain's Prince Charles was invested as the Prince of Wales.
1984 - The Motion Picture Association of America established the "PG-13" movie rating.
1987 - President Ronald Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. (Bork was later rejected by the Senate.)
1991 - President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
1991 - The Warsaw Pact formally disbanded.
1994 - Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
1997 - Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
2000 - Vermont's civil unions law went into effect, granting gay couples most of the rights, benefits and responsibilities of marriage.
2004 - Actor Marlon Brando died at age 80.
2010 - At least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan's second-largest city, Lahore, killing nearly three dozen people.
2011 - In Minnesota, a three-week state government shutdown began after legislators could not agree on a budget.
2013 - Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.
Birthdays
23 - Raini Rodriguez (actress)
25 - Serenay Sarikaya (model)
27 - Hannah Murray (actress)
31 - Lea Seydoux (actress)
33 - Tanya Chisholm (actress)
34 - Hilarie Burton (actress)
36 - Nelson Cruz (baseball player)
39 - Liv Tyler (actress)
40 - Kellie Bright (actress)
45 - Missy Elliott (rapper)
45 - Melissa Peterman (actress)
49 - Pamela Anderson (actress)
64 - Dan Aykroyd (actor/director)
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Today in Sports History - July 1
1859 - The first intercollegiate baseball game is played, Amherst beats Williams 66-32.
1904 - The Olympic Games open in St. Louis.
1917 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Fred Toney pitches complete doubleheader victories over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1920 - Suzanne Lenglen became the first player to win three titles at Wimbledon in one year. She won the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
1931 - Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies hits for the cycle against the Chicago Cubs.
1932 - Helen Moody won her fifth Wimbledon singles title in six years.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 44 consecutive games.
1951 - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws his third career no-hitter in a 2-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. The three no-hitters was a major league record.
1973 - The United States and China play their first international basketball game against one another. A team of American collegiate players defeat the Chinese 96-61.
1982 - Cal Ripken Jr. began playing shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.
1987 - Radio station WHN-AM in New York City changes their call letters to WFAN and becomes the nation's first 24-hour all-sports talk radio station.
1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to form the World League of American Football.
1995 - The NBA locked out its players, beginning the first work stoppage in league history.
1997 - Randy Myers of the Baltimore Orioles recorded his 300th save.
1998 - The NBA locked out its players for the second time in league history.
2011 - The University of Nebraska officially became the 12th member of the Big Ten Conference.
2014 - The University of Maryland and Rutgers University officially join the Big Ten Conference, becoming the 13th and 14th members of the league.
