Es passierte an einem 01 July

1916 : Beginning of the Battle of the Somme


On 1 July 1916, the British launched an offensive in the Bay of the Somme. Because of the power of the German heavy machine guns, 20,000 British soldiers were killed that day and 40,000 injured. The battle lasted four months and won only 8km.

1942 : Start the Battle of El Alamein


On 1 July 1942, the Battle of El Alamein, Egypt begins between the Axis forces commanded by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and the Allied troops commanded by British General Claude Auchinleck. Having pushed the Afrika Korps of Rommel in Libya, British forces were attacked by German forces and had to retreat to El Alamein, near Alexandria.
But with the supply of the United States and a reinforcement of troops from the Commonwealth countries, the troops of General Auchinleck succeeded in pushing the Afrika Korps to the withdrawal. This was the beginning of regaining control of North Africa by the Allies.

1997 : Hong Kong returned to China


On 1 July 1997, the United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to China in a ceremony involving Chinese President Jiang Zemin, the Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the Prince of Wales and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The British had have control of the island of Hong Kong since 1841. The transfer of authority went smoothly and Hong Kong maintained a special political and economic status.

2008 : Mandela removed from the Terror Watch List by the United States


On 1 July 2008, George W. Bush signs law removing the name of Nelson Mandela from the Terror Watch List by the United States. The name of the former South African president was added in 1964 when the apartheid government of South Africa had considered his party, the ANC, as a terrorist organization. Incredible as it may seem, the name of one of the most popular and remarkable men of the twentieth century was put on the list and was still there in 2008.

Tagesaktualität : 01 July

Tartan Day in Australia and New Zealand
July 1 is Tartan Day in Australia and New Zealand. The two countries have chosen that day to celebrate Scottish traditions because it is the anniversary of the repeal of the Act of Proscription of 1746, on 1 July 1782. The Act of Proscription prohibited, among other things, to wear Highland clothing (made ​​from tartan).
National Day in Rwanda and in Burundi
July 1 is National Day of Rwanda and Burundi who are celebrating their independence gained in 1962 against Belgium.
Canada Day
July 1 is Canada Day. On this day we commemorate the country's first constitutional act of 1867. Canada gained its independence from England, gradually, between 1867 and 1982.
The motto is: A mari usque ad mare (from an ocean to another).

Zitat des Tages : 01 July

Erwin Rommel
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

Geburtstage : 01 July

George Sand, French writer (1804)
Louis Blériot, French aviator (1872)
Léon Jouhaux, French trade union leader, Nobel Peace Prize (1879)
Charles Laughton, English actor (1899)
William Wyler, American director (1902)
Amy Johnson, English aviator (1903)
Estée Lauder, American co-founder of the cosmetics company Estée Lauder Companies (1906)
Olivia de Havilland, English-American actress (1916)
Farley Granger, American actor (1925)
Hans Werner Henze, German composer (1926)
Gerald Edelman, American biologist, Nobel laureate (1929)
Leslie Caron, French actress (1931)
Claude Berri, French actor and director (1934)
Karen Black, American actress (1939)
Alfred G. Gilman, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1941)
Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress (1942)
Debbie Harry (Blondie), American singer (1945)
Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor (1952)
Alan Ruck, American actor (1956)
Carl Lewis, American athlete (1961)
Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales (1961)
Bernard Laporte, French rugby coach (1964)
Pamela Anderson, Canadian actress and model (1967)
Julianne Nicholson, American actress (1971)
Claire Forlani, English actress (1972)
Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer (1976)
Liv Tyler, American actress (1977)
Hilarie Burton, American actress (1981)

Sie haben uns verlassen 01 July

Charles Goodyear, American inventor (1860)
Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (1884)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and author (1896)
Erik Satie, French composer (1925)
William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize (1971)
Juan Perón, President of Argentina (1974)
Michael Landon, American actor and director (1991)
Margaux Hemingway, American actress (1996)
Robert Mitchum, American actor (1997)
Edward Dmytryk, American director (1999)
Sylvia Sidney, American actress (1999)
Walter Matthau, American actor (2000)
Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize (2001)
Marlon Brando, American actor (2004)
Karl Malden, American actor (2009)
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