July 1 History - July 1st Holiday

Famous Quote For July 1

"The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves"

Abraham Lincoln, 1854

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July 1 History

1972 - The first Gay Pride march takes place in England.

1966 - The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.

1963 - ZIP Codes (which stand for Zone Improvement Plan) are introduced from the United States Postal Service.

1908 - SOS is adopted as the international distress signal (letters chosen as simplest to transmit and receive in Morse code)

1881 - The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

This Day In Business

1950 - The first Electronic telephone answering machine is produced by Bell Labs and Western Electric.

This Day In Entertainment

1929 - American cartoonist Elzie Segar added Popeye to 10 year old comic strip "Thimble Theater."

This Day In Geography

1990 - East Germany re-unifying with West Germany economy using Deutsche Mark currency.

This Day In Sports

2004 - Derek Jeter dives head first for foul ball against Red Sox - big place in Yankees history

July 1st Holiday

Canada Day (Canada) - Canada's national day, celebrating the anniversary of Canada uniting within the British empire on July 1, 1867,

Today's Birthday Trivia

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Today's Birthday Horoscope

Learn about people born on this day by reading the July 1 Birthday Horoscope.

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