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Know what happened on 01st July

Importance of 01st July in History

Know all Events, anniversaries, death, born that makes 01st July special in the world history.

  • 1938 में आज ही के दिन मशहूर बांसुरी वादक पंडित हरिप्रसाद चौरसिया का जन्म आज ही के दिन हुआ था। 
  • 1882 में आज ही के दिन पश्चिम बंगाल के दूसरे मुख्यमंत्री डॉक्टर बिधान चंद्र राय का जन्म आज ही के दिन हुआ था।  उनके जन्म दिन को देश में डॉक्टर दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। 
  • 1987 में आज ही के दिन न्यूयॉर्क में खेल को समर्पित स्टेशन 'डब्लूएएफएन' स्थापित किया किया। 
  • 1881 में आज ही के दिन आज ही के दिन टेलीफोन पर पहली बार इंटरनेशनल कॉल की गई। 
  • 1948 में आज ही के दिन मुहम्मद अली जिन्ना ने पाकिस्तान के सेंट्रल बैंक का उद्दघाटन किया
  • 1921 में आज ही के दिन चीन में कम्यूनिस्ट पार्टी का गठन किया गया। 
  • 1994 में आज ही के दिन यासर अराफ़ात 27 साल के निर्वासन के बाद स्वदेश वापस लौटे थे। 
  • 1997 में आज ही के दिन ब्रिटिश सरकार ने हांगकांग का शासन चीन को सौंपा था। 

    • 2007
    Prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places in England (thus completing cover of the entire UK)
    Great Britain
    1999
    The Queen officially opened the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh
    Great Britain
    1997
    Britain hands back Hong Kong to China
    China
    1997
    Death of Robert Mitchum, actor
    United States
    1994
    PLO chairman Yasser Arafat returned to Gaza after 27 years in exile
    1987
    Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel (see 1990 & 1994)
    1984
    The Motion Picture Association of America introduced the PG-13 rating, for films containing intense scenes intended for a teenage audience
    United States
    1983
    Death of R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and philosopher .
    United States
    1979
    The Sony Walkman was launched
    1974
    Death of Juan Peron, President of Argentina
    Argentina
    1969
    Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle
    Great Britain
    1968
    Britain, the USA, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
    1967
    First colour TV in Britain
    Great Britain
    1961
    Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales
    Great Britain
    1958
    Flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway began .
    Canada
    1934
    The Federal Communications Commission took over the role of regulator of broadcasting in the USA from the Federal Radio Commission
    United States
    1933
    Canada suspended all Chinese immigration .
    Canada
    1925
    Death of Erik Satie, composer
    France
    1916
    Start of the Battle of the Somme. 20,000 British troops died and 40,000 were injured on Day 1 of the battle.
    Great Britain
    1908
    Birth of Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (Note: her year of birth is in question, various sources give dates ranging from 1906 to 1910).
    United States
    1884
    Death of Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-born American detective, founder of the Pinkerton private detective agency, the first of its kind in the USA
    Great Britain
    1874
    The first commercial typewriter went on sale, made by Sholes & Glidden.
    United States
    1858
    Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution, at the Linnean Society, London.
    Great Britain
    1837
    Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths became compulsory in England & Wales.
    Great Britain
    1804
    Birth of George Sand, writer and feminist
    France
    1690
    Battle of the Boyne – Jacobite forces defeated by William
    Great Britain
    1646
    Birth of Gottfried Leibniz, mathematician
    Germany
    1566
    Death of Nostradamus, astrologer
    France
    1523
    Death of Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes, first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake in Brussels.
    Belgium
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