July 7 in History

Historical Events on July 7

1520 Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.

1898 U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

1953 Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.

1954 Elvis Presley makes 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.

1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1983 Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.

2003 NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover-B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.

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Famous Birthdays on July 7

1907 Robert A. Heinlein

1930 Theodore Edgar McCarrick

1940 Ringo Starr

1981 Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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Famous Deaths on July 7

1307 Edward I of England

1865 Lewis Powell (conspirator)

1865 Mary Surratt

1930 Arthur Conan Doyle

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