All Events

Historical Events on July 1

  • American Civil War

    1862

    American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

  • Bermuda

    1890

    Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.

  • Cochin

    1949

    The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.

  • Somalia

    1960

    Independence of Somalia.

  • Ghana

    1960

    Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.

  • Rwanda

    1962

    Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.

  • Central Intelligence Agency

    1968

    The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.

  • North Korea

    1983

    A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.

  • Croatia

    2013

    Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.

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