Historical events on July 7
JULY 7, 1963
The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the Buddhist crisis.
James (Giacôbê) Ngô Đình Nhu was a Vietnamese archivist and politician. He was the younger brother and State Counsellor of South Vietnam's
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JULY 7, 1937
The Peel Commission published a report stating that the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administered Mandatory Palestine into two states.
The Peel Commission, formally known as the Palestine Royal Commission, was a British Royal Commission of Inquiry, headed by Lord Peel, appointed
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JULY 7, 1911
Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.
The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, formally known as the Convention between the United States and Other Powers Providing for
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JULY 7, 1991
Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place from 1991
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JULY 7, 1456
Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death.
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the
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JULY 7, 1777
American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the
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JULY 7, 1983
After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith (pictured) visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from
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JULY 7, 1798
Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea.
The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a
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JULY 7, 2016
A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five of them and injuring nine others, before being killed by a bomb attached to a police robot.
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army
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