Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down near the border between Ukraine and Russia. A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crashed in a rebel-controlled part of…
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16 July 1965
The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy is opened. After 19 years of planning and construction, the Mont Blanc Tunnel officially opens. The new…
15 July 1922
The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan. The Japanese Communist Party is a political party in Japan and is one of the largest non-governing…
14 July 1933
The Nazi eugenics begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilization of any…
13 July 1863
Opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting in New York City. On July 13, 1863, as the second day of a new military draft…
12 July 2006
The Lebanon Israel war begins. The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War and in…
11 July 1740
The Jews are expelled from Little Russia. On this day in 1740 Pogrom: Jews were expelled from Little Russia. A pogrom is a violent riot…
10 July 1553
Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England. Jane was nominal queen of England for just nine days in 1553,as part of an unsuccessful bid…
9 July 1877
The first Wimbledon Tennis Championships starts. On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at…
8 July 1889
The Wall Street Journal is first published. The Wall Street Journal is an American business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City. The…