The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. Date: July 7, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day…
Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims. Date: July 7, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end. Date: July 7, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington. Date: July 7, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. Date: July 7, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities. Date: July 7, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). Date: July 7, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine. Date: July 7, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). Date: July 7, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation. Date: July 7, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)