On This Day: 1 July

1 July in Indian history

• 1949The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.India

1 July in world history

• 2002The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
• 1999The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary a
• 1983A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.
• 1967Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger between the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
• 1962Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
• 1960Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
• 1959B. 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.
• 1940Second World War: The Grand Quartier Général of the French Army was disbanded, following the French surrender.
• 1924The National War Memorial for the Dominion of Newfoundland is inaugurated by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig in St. John's, Newfoundland. The date commemorates the first day of the Battle of the Somme, where at Beaumont-Hamel, 86 percent of the Royal
• 1916First 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.
• 1915World War I: Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
• 1885The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• 1874The Remington No. 1, the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.
• 1867The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated a
• 1862American 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.
• 1782American Revolutionary War: Five American privateer vessels raided the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (depicted).
• 1643The Westminster Assembly of Divines first assembled to restructure the Church of England.

Born on 1 July

• 1963Linda Fagan, American Coast Guard Admiral
• 1949John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1942Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer and pastor (died 2015)
• 1940Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politicianIndia
• 1913Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 1979)India
• 1882Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1962)India

Died on 1 July

• 1999Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (born 1908)
• 1962Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1882)India
• 1962Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1882)India
• 1828Lyncoya Jackson, a Muscogee war orphan adopted by Andrew Jackson

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 1 July in history?

2002: The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. 1999: The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary a. 1983: A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet crashed into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea, killing all 23 people on board. 1967: Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger between the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.

What happened on 1 July in Indian history?

1949: The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.

Which famous people were born on 1 July?

Linda Fagan, American Coast Guard Admiral (1963); John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter (1949); Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer and pastor (died 2015) (1942); Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politician (1940).

Which day is observed on 1 July?

National Doctors' Day, CA Day & GST Day; Armed Forces Day (Singapore); Bobby Bonilla Day (United States); Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day (Canada); Children's Day (Pakistan).