History for July 1

History for July 1 - On-This-Day.com
George Sand 1804 - Author Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant, Louis Bleriot 1872 - Aviator, first to fly an airplane across the English Channel, 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")


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.


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.