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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.

Actualidad del día : 01 Jullo

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).

Cita del día : 01 Jullo

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

Cumpleaños : 01 Jullo

George Sand, Escritora francesa (1804)
Louis Blériot, Aviador francés (1872)
Léon Jouhaux, Dirigente sindical francés, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1879)
Charles Laughton, Actor inglés (1899)
William Wyler, Director de cine americano (1902)
Amy Johnson, Aviadora francesa (1903)
Estée Lauder, Co-fundadora de la empresa de cosméticos Estée Lauder Empresas (1906)
Olivia de Havilland, Actriz inglesa estadounidense (1916)
Farley Granger, Actor americano (1925)
Hans Werner Henze, Compositor alemán (1926)
Gerald Edelman, Biólogo estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1929)
Leslie Caron, Actriz francesa (1931)
Claude Berri, Actor y director de cine francés (1934)
Karen Black, Actriz americana (1939)
Alfred G. Gilman, Bioquímico americano, Premio Nobel de Medicina (1941)
Geneviève Bujold, Actriz canadiense (1942)
Debbie Harry (Blondie), Cantante americana (1945)
Dan Aykroyd, Actor canadiense (1952)
Alan Ruck, Actor americano (1956)
Carl Lewis, Atleta estadounidense (1961)
Diana Spencer, Princesa de Gales (1961)
Bernard Laporte, Entrenador de rugby francés (1964)
Pamela Anderson, Actriz y modelo canadiense (1967)
Julianne Nicholson, Actriz americana (1971)
Claire Forlani, Actriz inglesa (1972)
Patrick Kluivert, Futbolista holandés (1976)
Liv Tyler, Actriz americana (1977)
Hilarie Burton, Actriz americana (1981)

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Charles Goodyear, Inventor estadounidense (1860)
Allan Pinkerton, Detective privado americano (1884)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abolicionista y escritora estadounidense (1896)
Erik Satie, Compositor francés (1925)
William Lawrence Bragg, Físico Inglés, Premio Nobel (1971)
Juan Perón, Presidente de la República Argentina (1974)
Michael Landon, Actor y director de cine estadounidense (1991)
Margaux Hemingway, Actriz americana (1996)
Robert Mitchum, Actor americano (1997)
Edward Dmytryk, Director de cine estadounidense (1999)
Sylvia Sidney, Actriz americana (1999)
Walter Matthau, Actor americano (2000)
Nikolay Basov, Físico ruso, Premio Nobel (2001)
Marlon Brando, Actor americano (2004)
Karl Malden, Actor americano (2009)
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