History for July 1

History for July 1 - On-This-Day.com
Gottfried Von Leibniz 1649, George Sand 1804 - Author Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant, Thomas Andrew Dorsey 1899 - Musician, "Father of Gospel Music," pianist, composed more than 1,000 gospel songs


Deborah Harry 1945 - Singer (Blondie), Dan Aykroyd 1952 - Comedian, actor ("Driving Miss Daisy," "Saturday Night Live," "Ghostbusters," "The Blues Brothers"), Princess Diana (Spencer) 1961 - Princess of Wales


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.


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.


1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.


1979 - Sony introduced the Walkman.