Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 1. Check what happened today ...

1916: First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men. 1920: French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to win the ...

The terms were enough to win by a one-state margin on July 16. Washington wrote to Benjamin Harrison: “I wish the Constitution which is offered had been made more perfect, but I sincerely believe it ...