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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 1 July.

1. Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason
2. Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats former Roman Catholic king James II in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland
3. 1st vote on the Declaration of Independence
4. United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico.
5. Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers his second asteroid Hebe
6. 1st adhesive US postage stamps go on sale
7. US issues its 1st postage stamps.
8. At least 626 ships lying at anchor around SF Bay
9. 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason Streets S.F.
10. Congress outlaws polygamy; bad news for Utah.
11. Battle of Gettysburg Pa.; Lee's northward advance halted.
12. Dominion of Canada formed from N.Bruns. N.Scotia Ontario & Qu‚bec.
13. Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province.
14. Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill
15. SF City Hall turned over to city after 29 years of building
16. Eisenhower married Mary ``Mamie'' Geneva Doud in Denver Colo
17. 1st class postage drops to 2› from 3›.
18. NY Gov FDR nominated for president at the Dem Convention in Chicago
19. 1st coml TV license granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS) NYC
20. DiMaggio ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak
21. 1st withholding tax from paychecks
22. Bretton Woods Conference starts establishing IMF and World Bank.
23. World Refugee Year
24. Italian Somalia gains independence unites with Somali Republic.
25. Ghana becomes a republic.
26. Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii
27. Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days).
28. Beatles record "She Loves You"
29. Construction crews begin tearing up Market St to build BART
30. Medicare goes into effect.
31. US Britain USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
32. Charles Philip Arthur George invested as the Prince of Wales
33. Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?)
34. Caribbean Day
35. WEDway PeopleMover inaugurated
36. Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon's woman's singles
37. Kosmos 1383 1st search and rescue satellite launched.
38. More than 2000 Unification Church couples married at NY MSG
39. NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes the 1st 24 hour all sports radio replacing WHN's country music WYNY-FM adopts country music format

These famous people were born on 1 July.

1. 1646 - Gottfried W Leibnitz, mathematician-philosopher
2. 1788 - Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founder of projective geometry.
3. 1804 - George Sand, French Romantic novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro).
4. 1807 - Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University.
5. 1853 - Cecil John Rhodes, South African politician, diamond merchant.
6. 1872 - Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel.
7. 1879 - Leon Jouhaux, French socialist, cofounder of UN's ILO (Nobel 1951).
8. 1902 - William Wyler, motion picture director (Mrs. Miniver).
9. 1912 - David Brower
10. 1916 - Olivia DeHaviland, in Tokyo Japan
11. 1925 - Farley Granger, Actor
12. 1931 - Leslie Caron, in Paris France
13. 1934 - Sydney Pollack, Movie director
14. 1934 - Jean Marsh, in London England
15. 1936 - Jamie Farr, Actor (Cpl. Klinger of TV's M*A*S*H).
16. 1941 - Twyla Tharp, in Indiana Choreographer
17. 1941 - Sally Quinn, CBS News reporter
18. 1942 - Genevieve Bujold, in Montreal Canada, Actress.
19. 1942 - Karen Black, Actress.
20. 1952 - Dan Akroyd, comedian, Actor (SNL)
21. 1956 - Lorna Patterson, in Whittier Calif
22. 1960 - Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Singer
23. 1961 - Lady Diane Spencer, in England
24. 1961 - Carl Lewis, US track and field star.