On This Day: What happened on 07 July?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 07 July, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

ON THIS DAY: 07 JULY

2016 | Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shot fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas and five of them were killed. He was subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.

2013 | A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashed in Soldotna, Alaska, ten people were killed.

2005 | A series of four explosions occurred on London’s transport system, 56 people were killed, including four suicide bombers, and over 700 others were injured.

2003 | The NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover-B, was launched into the Delta II rocket.

1997 | The Turkish army withdrew from northern Iraq after supporting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish civil war.

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BIRTHDAYS

1990 | Austrian footballer, Pascal Stöger.

1971 | American actor, producer, and screenwriter, Christian Camargo.

1974 | Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster, Patrick Lalime.

1979 | Zimbabwean cricketer, Douglas Hondo.

1986 | American journalist and producer, Ana Kasparian.

ON THIS DAY: DEATHS

2000 | American race car driver, Kenny Irwin Jr., 31.

2006 | English singer-songwriter and guitarist, Syd Barrett, 60.

2014 | Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania, Peter Underwood, 77.

2008 | American sculptor, painter, and photographer, Bruce Conner,75.

1973 | German philosopher and sociologist, Max Horkheimer, 78.

SPORTS

1982 | England appointed Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson to replace Ron Greenwood on this day

ENTERTAINMENT

2006 | On this day, Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett and an English rock band formed in London in 1965 died at age 60.

AFRICA FACT

One of the oldest human skeletons was discovered in Eritrea in 1998