What Happened On This Day ? July 7
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1991
Brioni Declaration is signed
The agreement was signed by Slovenia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia on the Brioni islands in Croatia. The agreement marked the end of hostilities that began with the Slovenian War of Independence. Also known as the Ten Day War, the conflict began after Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia.
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1985
Boris Becker becomes the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17
The German tennis player beat American Kevin Curren.
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1981
Sandra Day O'Connor is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor is the first woman to be appointed to the highest court in the United States.
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1958
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law
Under the law, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States of America on January 3, 1959.
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1947
Roswell UFO sighting
An object crashed into a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico raising speculations that the object was an extraterrestrial spacecraft containing alien life forms.
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1940
Ringo Starr
British singer-songwriter, musician, actor
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1933
David McCullough
American historian, author
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1907
Robert A. Heinlein
American writer
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1906
Satchel Paige
American baseball player
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1860
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
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2008
Bruce Conner
American painter, photographer, director
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2006
Syd Barrett
English singer-songwriter, guitarist
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1930
Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish physician, author
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1865
Mary Surratt
American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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1307
Edward I of England