7 July
What happened today in history?
- 1456 – Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy 25 years after her death.
- 1520 – Battle of Otumba – Aztec army defeated by the Spanish Conquistadors.
- 1928 – First sliced bread sold (by Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri).
- 2005 – Four bomb explosions in London kill 56 people and injure more than 700.
- 2013 – Andy Murray becomes the first male British tennis player to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry’s victory in 1936.
Who was born today?
- 1851 – Gustav Mahler – Austrian composer.
- 1887 – Marc Chagall – Russian artist.
- 1940 – Ringo Starr – English drummer (The Beatles)
Who died today?
- 1307 – King Edward I of England
- 1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle – Scottish writer (Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World)
