A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 1st. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On July 1, 1863, the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania began, perhaps the most important battle of the US Civil War.
Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1, 1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined to form the semi-autonomous federal Dominion of Canada, which began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada.
On July 1, 1874, E. Remington and Sons placed the first successful typewriter on the market, a model also known as the Remington No. 1 and invented by Christopher Sholes, Samuel Soule, and Carlos Glidden.
On July 1, 1916, the five month Battle of the Somme began with horrific results for the British Army, leaving 19,240 men dead on the battlefield and another 36,230 wounded on only the first day!
On July 1, 1957, the International Geophysical Year began.
On July 1, 1980, Canada officially adopted “O Canada” as its national anthem.
On July 1, 2013, Mike Rosoft, an account with a bizarre history of being blocked on Wikipedia, nominated the article titled “Creepypasta” for deletion.
On Thursday, July 1, 2021, a limited number of you had a chance at watching a virtual screening of The Tomorrow War at 7:00PM.
Once again, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, a limited number of you had a chance at watching a virtual screening of The Tomorrow War at 7:00PM.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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