History of 7th JULY

1.  A Spanish force invading Georgia runs headlong into the colony’s British defenders. The battle decides the fate of a colony.on July 7 1742

2.  American troops give up Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, to the British.on July 7 1777

3.  Benjamin Rush, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones found the Non-denominational African Church.on July 7 1791

4.  Thomas Paine defends the principal of universal suffrage at the Constitutional Convention in Paris.on July 7 1795

5.  Napoleon Bonaparte‘s army begins its march towards Cairo from Alexandria.on July 7 1798

6.  Czar Alexander meets with Napoleon Bonaparte.on July 7 1807

7.  Sir Walter Scott’s novel Waverly is published anonymously so as not to damage his reputation as a poet.on July 7 1814

8.  After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, the victorious Allies march into Paris.on July 7 1815

9.  Japan opens its ports to trade with the West after 250 years of isolation.on July 7 1853

10. Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in Hagerstown, Maryland, reports his defeat at Gettysburg to President Jefferson Davis.on July 7 1863

11. Afrikaans is recognized as one of the official languages of South Africa, along with English and Dutch.on July 7 1925

12. Christopher Stone becomes the first British ‘disc jockey’ when he plays records for the BBC.on July 7 1927

13. Although a neutral country, the United States sends troops to occupy Iceland to keep it out of Germany’s hands.on July 7 1941

14. Adolf Hitler makes the V-2 missile program a top priority in armament planning.on July 7 1943

15. The U.S. Marine Corps launches Operation Hasting to drive the North Vietnamese Army back across the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam.on July 7 1966

16. The first U.S. units to withdraw from South Vietnam leave Saigon.on July 7 1969

17. Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.on July 7 1981