Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 1

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 * 1523 – Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos were burnt at the stake in Brussels, becoming the first Lutherans executed by the Council of Brabant.
 * 1643 – The Westminster Assembly of Divines first assembled to restructure the Church of England.
 * 1690 – Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of the Boyne near Drogheda, marking a turning point in the Williamite War in Ireland.
 * 1770 – Lexell's Comet approached Earth at a distance of 0.015 AU, closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history.
 * 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Five American privateer vessels raided the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
 * 1916 – First World War: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the bloodiest day in the British Army's history, with 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 deaths.
 * 1922 – Seven of the sixteen American railroad labor organizations staged a nationwide strike (striking workers pictured) that lasted two months.
 * 1927 – The Singapore Improvement Trust was founded to oversee the construction of public housing in Singapore, where more than three quarters of residents live.
 * 1935 – The first Grant Park Music Festival was held in Chicago's Grant Park.
 * 1940 – Second World War: The Grand Quartier Général of the French Army was disbanded, following the French surrender.
 * 1948 – The first flight departed New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, then known as New York International Airport.
 * 1959 – B. Anthony Stewart is credited with the first image on the cover of National Geographic featuring the 49-star flag of the United States after Alaska's admission to the Union as a U.S. state.
 * 1960 – Ghana became a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president.
 * 1970 – The Belfast Banking Company, which issued banknotes in Northern Ireland, merged with its rival Northern Bank.
 * 1979 – Sony introduced the Walkman, a portable audio player that changed listening habits by offering users the ability to play one's own choice of music.
 * 1983 – A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.
 * 2002 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collided in mid-air over Überlingen, Germany, killing all 71 people aboard both aircraft.
 * 2008 – Rioting erupted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, over allegations of fraud surrounding the recent legislative election.
 * Born/died this day: | Alfonso VI of León and Castile |d|1109| Lady Saigō |d|1589| Rhoda Delaval |b|1725| John Early|b|1814| Nguyễn Đình Chiểu|b|1822| DeLancey W. Gill|b|1859| Ropata Wahawaha |d|1897| Abdul Hamid|b|1933| Jamie Farr|b|1934| Julia Higgins |b|1942| Tanya Savicheva|d|1944| Diana, Princess of Wales |b|1961| Learie Constantine |d|1971| Liv Tyler |b|1977| Pauli Murray |d|1985|Tate McRae |b|2003|

July 1: Eid al-Mubahalah (Shia Islam, 2024); Canada Day (1867)


 * 692 – Berhtwald was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.
 * 1849 – Belgium introduced its first series of postage stamps, known as epaulettes (example pictured).
 * 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate general Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimately unsuccessful assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Virginia.
 * 1874 – The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.
 * 1999 – Legislative powers in Scotland were first devolved from the Scottish Office in London to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.