Northern Ireland: Orangemen’s Day (observed; usually July 12)
Birth anniversary of Gerald Ford, 38th president of the US (1913-2006).
Birth anniversary of William Hanna (1910-2001), cocreator with Joe Barbera of Academy Award-winning Hanna-Barbera animated shorts.
Birth anniversaries of folksinger Woody Guthrie (1912-67) and filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).
Happy Birthday! Polly Bergen, Rosey Grier, Harry Dean Stanton
1430 - Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
1789 - French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
1798 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
1868 - Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure.
1891 - The primacy of Thomas Edison's lamp patents was upheld in the court decision Electric Light Company vs. U.S. Electric Lighting Company.
1914 - Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel.
1933 - All German political parties except the Nazi Party were outlawed.
1958 - The army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy.
2003 - Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio.
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