1877 - Hermann Hesse born
1881 - US President Garfield is shot but survives
1908 - Thurgood Marshall born
1922 - Dan Rowan born
1930 - Carlos Saul Menem born
1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. Also Richard Petty born.
1942 - Vincente Fox born
1964 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act. Also José Canseco born
1970 - Police seize a large cache of arms in west London in one of the biggest raids in Britain for years.
1976 - North and South Vietnam reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1983 - Michelle Branch born
1986 - Lindsay Lohan born
1987 - Moors murderer Ian Brady offers to assist police searches of Saddleworth Moor for the first time since his conviction.
1992 - The IRA admits killing three men found by the army at different roadsides in south Armagh.
1994 - Colombia were knocked out of the World Cup after a 2-1 defeat to the hosts USA - courtesy of Andres Escobar's 34th minute own goal. July 2 saw Escobar murdered outside a Medellin nightclub, allegedly at the behest of the powerful gambling syndicates which lost money as a consequence of Colombia's early exit. 120,000 people went to the defender's funeral, and a statue has since been built in his honour.
2001 - Barry George is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of television presenter Jill Dando. During an appeal hearing on 1 August 2008 Mr George was found not guilty of murder and set free.
2005 - Live 8 concerts take place in London and around the world.
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