Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 1

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This is a list of selected July 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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Kim Philby

Kim Philby
Explosion of the Hawthorn Ridge mine during the first day of the Battle of the Somme
John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada
Flag of Hong Kong
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Canadian Red Ensign
Remington No. 1 typewriter
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Blurb	Reason
; July Morning in Bulgaria	multiple issues
1520 – Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire: Conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés were nearly annihilated in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, and barely escaped by night.	refimprove section
1862 – The Russian State Library, the first free public library in Moscow and now the national library of Russia, was founded.	refimprove
1867 – As per the British North America Act, the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada.	lead too short
1898 – The Battle of San Juan Hill, the most famous battle of the Spanish–American War, took place in Santiago, Cuba.	refimprove section
1911 – The German gunboat Panther arrived in the Moroccan port of Agadir, sparking the Agadir Crisis between Germany, Great Britain, and France.	refimprove section
1915 – World War I: German fighter pilot Kurt Wintgens became the first person to shoot down another plane in aerial combat using a synchronized machine gun.	refimprove
1932 – Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.	refimprove section
1948 – The State Bank of Pakistan, the central bank of Pakistan, commenced operation.	refimprove, date not cited
1963 – The British government revealed that former MI6 agent Kim Philby had engaged in espionage for the Soviet Union.	refimprove section
1979 – Sony introduced the Walkman portable audio player, changing music listening habits by allowing people to listen to their own choice of music on the move.	inappropriate tone
1997 – The United Kingdom transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong to China, ending over 150 years of British colonial rule.	multiple issues
2002 – The Rome Statute entered into force, establishing the International Criminal Court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression.	Statute: refimprove section; ICC: neutrality issues
2006 – The Qinghai–Tibet railway, the world's highest railway and the only railway line to the Tibet Autonomous Region, was inaugurated.	refimprove

Eligible

1643 – The Westminster Assembly of Divines, assembled to restructure the Church of England, held its first meeting in Westminster Abbey, London.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Five American privateer vessels attacked the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimate unsuccessful assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Virginia.
1874 – The Remington No. 1 went on sale, becoming the first commercially successful typewriter.
1879 – American evangelist Charles Taze Russell published the first issue of The Watchtower, the most widely circulated magazine in the world.
1922 – Seven of the sixteen American railroad labor organizations in existence at the time staged a nationwide strike that lasted two months.
1935 – The first Grant Park Music Festival, the United States' only annual free outdoor classical music concert series, was held in Chicago's Grant Park.
1943 – Tokyo City was dissolved, with its territory divided into the special wards of the newly created Tokyo Metropolis.
1999 – Legislative governance of Scotland was transferred from the Scottish Office in Westminster to the Scottish Parliament.
2008 – Rioting erupted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the recent legislative elections.
Born/died this day: Alfonso VI of León and Castile (d. 1109) | Lady Saigō (d. 1589) | George Sand (b. 1804) | Ygnacio del Valle (b. 1808) | Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (b. 1822) | Tanya Savicheva (d. 1944) | Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961) | Learie Constantine (d. 1971)

July 1: Canada Day (1867); Republic Day in Ghana (1960); Independence Day in Rwanda (1962)

Kwame Nkrumah

1770 – Lexell's Comet approached Earth at a distance of 0.015 AU (2.2 million km; 1.4 million mi), closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history.
1916 – First World War: The first day of the Battle of Albert, the opening phase of the Battle of the Somme, became the bloodiest day in the British Army's history, with 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 deaths.
1960 – Ghana became a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah (pictured) as its first president.
2002 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collided in mid-air over Überlingen, Germany, killing all 71 people aboard both aircraft.

Rhoda Delaval (b. 1725)
Liv Tyler (b. 1977)
Pauli Murray (d. 1985)

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