On This Day: 7 July

7 July in Indian history

• 1962Alitalia Flight 771 crashes in Junnar, Maharashtra, India, killing 94 people.India

7 July in world history

• 2021Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
• 2019The United States defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Lyon, France.
• 2003NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• 1997The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
• 1991Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.
• 1983Cold War: Samantha Smith, a United States schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
• 1980Institution of sharia law in Iran.
• 1974West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against the Netherlands at the Munich Olympiastadion.
• 1963The 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.
• 1959Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• 1953Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• 1946Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• 1911Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.
• 1907Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies.
• 1898US president William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• 1800War of the Second Coalition: The British Royal Navy force attacked the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk (depicted), capturing a French frigate.
• 1777American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.

Born on 7 July

• 1982Asia O'Hara, American drag performer
• 1981Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketerIndia
• 1970Min Patel, Indian-English cricketerIndia
• 1918Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach (died 2016)
• 1859Rettamalai Srinivasan, Indian politician (died 1945)India
• 1833Félicien Rops, Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1898)

Died on 7 July

• 2021Dilip Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1922)India
• 1999Vikram Batra, Param Vir Chakra, Indian Army personnel (born 1974)India
• 1925Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (born 1871)
• 1922Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (born 1874)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 7 July in history?

2021: Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. 2019: The United States defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Lyon, France. 2003: NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket. 1997: The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.

What happened on 7 July in Indian history?

1962: Alitalia Flight 771 crashes in Junnar, Maharashtra, India, killing 94 people.

Which famous people were born on 7 July?

Asia O'Hara, American drag performer (1982); Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer (1981); Min Patel, Indian-English cricketer (1970); Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach (died 2016) (1918).

Which day is observed on 7 July?

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.; Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine); Saba Saba Day (Tanzania); Tanabata (Japan); World Chocolate Day.