History for July 1

History for July 1 - On-This-Day.com:

Thomas Andrew Dorsey 1899 - Musician, "Father of Gospel Music," pianist, composed more than 1,000 gospel songs, Charles Laughton 1899 - Actor ("Captain Kidd"), Jamie Farr 1934 - Actor ("M*A*S*H") 

Geneviève Bujold 1942 - Actress ("Coma"), Deborah Harry 1945 - Singer (Blondie), Dan Aykroyd 1952 - Comedian, actor ("Driving Miss Daisy," "Saturday Night Live," "Ghostbusters," "The Blues Brothers") 


Carl (Frederick Carlton) Lewis 1961 - Olympic Gold Medalist, Princess Diana (Spencer) 1961 - Princess of Wales, Pamela Anderson 1967 - Actress ("Baywatch") 


1862 - The U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue. 


1863 - During the U.S. Civil War, the first day's fighting at Gettysburg began. 


1867 - Canada became an independent dominion. 


1898 - During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba. 


1916 - The massive Allied offensive known as the Battle of the Somme began in France. The battle was the first to use tanks. 


1934 - The Federal Communications Commission replaced the Federal Radio Commission as the regulator of broadcasting in the United States. 


1940 - In Washington, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was opened to traffic. The bridge collapsed during a wind storm on November 7, 1940. 



1943 - The U.S. Government began automatically withholding federal income tax from paychecks. 


1963 - The U.S. postmaster introduced the five-digit ZIP (Zoning Improvement Plan) code. 


1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect. 


1979 - Sony introduced the Walkman. 


1980 - "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.