Born On This Day:

• Julius Caesar, 100 BC
• Josiah Wedgwood, 1730
• Henry David Thoreau, 1817
• Sir William Osler, 1849
• George Eastman, 1854
• Max Jacob, 1876
• Kirsten Flagstad, 1895
• Buckminster Fuller, 1895
• Oscar Hammerstein II, 1895
• Pablo Neruda, 1904
• Milton Berle, 1908
• Andrew Wyeth, 1917
• Vera Hruba Ralston, 1919
• Van Cliburn, 1934
• Bill Cosby, 1937
• John Lahr, 1941
• Christine McVie, 1943
• Richard Simmons, 1948
• Brian Grazer, 1951
• Kristi Yamaguchi, 1971

Died On This Day:

• Desiderius Erasmus, 1536
• William I (The Silent) Prince of Orange, 1584
• Alexander Hamilton, 1804
• Dolly Madison, 1849
• Charles Rolls, 1910
• Lon Chaney, Jr., 1973
• Ted Mack, 1976
• Minnie Riperton, 1979
• Kenneth More, 1982
• Josh Logan, 1988
• John Chancellor, 1996

Today's Events:

• 1543 - Henry VIII marries sixth and last wife Catherine Parr.
• 1691 - William III defeats James II at Aghrim, Ireland.
• 1776 - Captain James Cook begins his last voyage from Plymouth during which he discovers Hawaiian Islands.
• 1799 - Political assassinations banned in Britain.
• 1831 - Belgium separated from Holland.
• 1859 - Patent on paper bag manufacturing machine granted to William Goodale of Clinton, Mass.
• 1862 - Congress creates the Congressional Medal of Honor (Civil War).
• 1878 - British take possession of Cyprus from Turkey.
• 1882 - America's first ocean pier has opening celebration at Atlantic City, NJ.
• 1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes first president to fly in a helicopter.
• 1962 - Musical group called Rolling Stones plays first gig ever at Marquee Club, London.
• 1967 - Race riots in Newark, New Jersey.
• 1967 - US Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney says US Public Health Service now believes smoking causes lung cancer.
• 1979 - Thousands riot at Comiskey Park, Chicago, and burn disco albums in protest against bad music.
• 1984 - Walter Mondale names Geraldine Ferraro first woman vice presidential running-mate.
• 2005 - World record price of £15.68 million paid for 14th Century Yuan Dynasty Chinese jar at Christie's, London.

Feast Day of Saint:

• John Gualberto
• Nabor and Felix
• Veronica
• John the Iberian

Holiday:

• Orangeman's day (Northern Ireland) celebrating Battle of Boyne (7/1)
• National Day in Sao Tome and Principe

Non-Specific Holiday:

• JAGANNATH, RATHA YATRA, Hindu Festival of Car Procession of Vishnu
• CHI HSI, Festival of the Milky Way in China (seventh day of the seventh moon)
• CHUNG YÜAN, Festival of the Dead in China (fifteenth day of the seventh moon)
• NAGA PANCHAMI, Hindu Festival of the Serpent God
• RAKHI, Hindu Festival to Pledge Protection
• CHUNG-CH'IU, Mid-autumn festival, Harvest or Moon Festival (fifteenth day of the eighth moon)
• TISH'AH B'AB (Jewish) Anniversary of fall of Jerusalem and destruction of first & 2nd temples Ab 9
• NEBUTA, Japanese Festival at peak of summer to drive off lethargy
• SOMA NOMAOI, Japanese Festival of samurai equestrian displays