Summary of the Day ✨ 7 July (07/07)
Political turmoil gripped multiple nations as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned amid party pressure, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, and former US soldier Micah Johnson attacked police officers in Dallas before being killed by authorities. Meanwhile, the United States claimed victory in the 2019 Women’s World Cup final while the international community adopted a landmark treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons with overwhelming support.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
- 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.
- 2017: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour.
- 2016: Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen, killing five of them, in downtown Dallas, Texas at the end of a protest of recent police killings of Black men. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
- 2013: A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
- 2012: At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
- 2011: A man goes on a killing spree in Grand Rapids, Michigan, killing 7 and wounding 2 before killing himself.
- 2007: The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
- 2006: A shootout happens in Spiritwood, Canada, killing 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police and wounding a 3rd officer.
- 2005: A series of four explosions occurs on London’s transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
- 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.
- 1992: The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
- 1991: Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Famous Births 👶
- 1999: Moussa Diaby, French footballer
- 1997: Mizuho Habu, Japanese idol and model
- 1997: James Marriott, English musician and online content creator
- 1996: Yoon Chae-kyung, South Korean singer and actress
- 1994: Nigina Abduraimova, Uzbekistani tennis player
- 1994: Timothy Cathcart, Northern Irish race car driver (died 2014)
- 1994: Ashton Irwin, Australian musician
- 1992: Ellina Anissimova, Estonian hammer thrower
- 1992: Dominik Furman, Polish footballer
- 1991: Alesso, Swedish DJ, record producer and musician
- 1990: Lee Addy, Ghanaian footballer
- 1990: Pascal Stöger, Austrian footballer
- 1989: Landon Cassill, American race car driver
- 1989: Miina Kallas, Estonian footballer
- 1989: Karl-August Tiirmaa, Estonian skier
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Wayne Dobson, English magician (born 1957)
- 2025: Roman Starovoyt, Russian politician (born 1972)
- 2025: Norman Tebbit, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1931)
- 2024: Jane McAlevey, American labor organizer and author (born 1964)
- 2021: Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director (born 1936)
- 2021: Dilip Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1922)
- 2021: Jovenel Moïse, Haitian entrepreneur and politician, President of Haiti (born 1968)
- 2015: Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (born 1925)
- 2015: Bob MacKinnon, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
- 2014: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (born 1926)
- 2014: Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (born 1928)
- 2014: Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (born 1937)
- 2013: Artur Hajzer, Polish mountaineer (born 1962)
- 2013: Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, theologian, and author (born 1938)
- 2013: Donald J. Irwin, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (born 1926)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Æthelburh of Faremoutiers - Christian feast day:
Felix of Nantes - Christian feast day:
Illidius - Christian feast day:
Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Blesseds Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children (Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Willibald (Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - 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