What happend on 7th July

06.07
08.07
1958

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law.

1954

In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record.

1947

Downed UFO believed to be found in the Roswell UFO incident.

1946

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.

1941

World War II: American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by Germany.

1937

Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge

1930

Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).

1917

Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government in Russia after the deposing of the tsar.

1898

History of United States imperialism: President of the United States William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

1865

American Civil War: Four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.