July 1
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- 251 - The battle of Abrittus is won by Goths against Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed.
- 1863 - American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins.
- 1867 - The British North America Act, 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation; John A. Macdonald sworn as first Prime Minister.
- 1870 - The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
- 1873 - Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill was fought in Santiago de Cuba.
- 1916 - First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
- 1921 - Communist Party of China was founded.
- 1933 - Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
- 1942 - World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
- 1963 - The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
- 1967 - The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
- 1968 - The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed by about sixty countries in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1980 - O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
- 1991 - The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
- 1997 - The People's Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
- 1999 - The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
- 2000 - The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
- 2002 - The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
