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 183rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 18, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,663,200 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 ‘hectaoctacontatrigon’ 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 212 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 4,210 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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
- 1097 –Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by Prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by Sultan Kilij Arslan I.
- 1878 –Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
- 1885 –The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
- 1898 –Spanish-American War: the Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.
- 1942 –The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of Income Tax in Australia as the State Income Tax is abolished.
- 1959 –The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference.
- 1960 –Independence of Somalia.
- 1978 –The Northern Territory in Australia is granted Self-Government.
- 1991 –The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
- 2004 –Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
Who were born on July 1?
- 1742 –Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
- 1899 –Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer (d. 1993)
- 1930 –Bobby Day, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1934 –Jamie Farr, American actor
- 1942 –Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
- 1970 –Melissa Peterman, American actress
- 1976 –Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
- 1977 –Pamela Rogers Turner, former elementary school physical education teacher/coach and convicted sex offender
- 1981 –Amanda Diva, American actress and rapper
- 1983 –Leeteuk (Park Jung Su), Korean singer
Who died on July 1?
- 1277 –Baibars, Mameluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)
- 1925 –Erik Satie, French composer (b. 1866)
- 1942 –Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish language writer (b. 1857)
- 1987 –Snakefinger, British guitarist, violinist and composer (The Residents) (b. 1949)
- 1994 –Merriam Modell, American novelist (b. 1908)
- 1996 –Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (b. 1942)
- 1999 –Forrest Mars Sr., American candy magnate (b. 1904)
- 2004 –Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
- 2006 –Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
- 2009 –Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)
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