What are the important events that happened on July 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 1: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 1 is the 182^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 18, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,188,800 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontadigon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 231 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,575 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 1: This Day In History

The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year’s Day in a leap year.

July 1 Historical Events

• 1569 –
  Union of Lublin: the Kingdom of Poland and the Great Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.
• 1837 –
  A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
• 1858 –
  Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
• 1867 –
  The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada.
• 1923 –
  The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
• 1942 –
  World War II: first Battle of El Alamein.
• 1948 –
  Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
• 1957 –
  The International Geophysical Year begins.
• 1980 –
  O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
• 2003 –
  Over 500,000 people protested against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.

Who were born on July 1?

• 1534 –
  King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig (d. 1588)
• 1676 –
  Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
• 1742 –
  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
• 1899 –
  Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer (d. 1993)
• 1926 –
  Robert Fogel, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1941 –
  Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1961 –
  Carl Lewis, American athlete
• 1963 –
  Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More, Imperial Teen)
• 1976 –
  Plies, American rapper
• 1988 –
  Evan Ellingson, American actor

Who died on July 1?

• 1592 –
  Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (b. c. 1547)
• 1978 –
  Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)
• 1992 –
  Franco Cristaldi, Italian film producer (b. 1924)
• 1996 –
  Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (b. 1954)
• 1996 –
  Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 1997 –
  Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)
• 2000 –
  Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)
• 2003 –
  Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
• 2009 –
  Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)
• 2011 –
  Leslie Brooks, American actress (b. 1922)