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Learn which important and interesting historical events happened on today in history. Hundreds of events, facts and photos from history, film, music and sport.
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1983 Lorraine Elizabeth Downes (19), Miss New Zealand, crowned 32nd Miss Universe; 2007 "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the 5th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released; 2013 "Orange Is the New Black" premieres on Netflix...
July in Music History. One, Two, Three o'Clock, Four o'Clock . . . riot! A chubby middle-aged performer caused riots across the world when his music was used as the soundtrack to a movie featuring rebellious teenagers. July 6, 1925; Down With Disco!...
1716 Battle of Petrovaradin [Peterwardein]: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks in a decisive victory; 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Army led by Rear Admiral David Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"...
1965 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities; 1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the...
July in Sports History. 1st US Olympic Games Poster promoting the 1904 Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis July 1, 1904; The Rise and Fall of Boris Becker Boris Becker stunned the tennis world on this day by becoming the youngest player to win Wimbledon...
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