What happend on 7th July

06.07
08.07
2005

Terrorist explosions occur on the London Underground network and on a London Bus.

2004

The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires.

2003

The United Communist Party of Armenia was formed.

1998

Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled France till the French Revolution in 1792.

1994

Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen, completing the reunification of Yemen.

1991

Yugoslav Wars: Brioni Agreement ended ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1983

Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier Yuri Andropov

1978

The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.

1969

In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.

1959

14:28 UT Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event was used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.