July 7th

Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700.

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.

Boris Becker becomes the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17. The German tennis player beat American Kevin Curren.

President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor for the Supreme Court.

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.

An Elvis Presley recording was played on the radio for the first time.

Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident occured.

Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint.

Japanese & Chinese troops clash at the Marco Polo Bridge, beginning of Second Sino-Japanese War.

The United States annexed Hawaii.

Commodore John D. Sloat occupied Monterey and declared California annexed to the United States.

William Blount of Tennessee became the first U.S. senator to be impeached.

British Museum founded by an Act of Parliament (opens in 1759).

Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalans defeat a numerically superior Aztec force.

Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc.