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What happened in history on this day: July 1?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On July 1 in ...
- 1981 - Microsoft reorganizes into Microsoft Incorporated, with Bill Gates as President and Chairman, and Paul Allen as Executive Vice President. Initial shareholders are Bill Gates (53%), Paul Allen (31%), Steve Ballmer (8%), Vern Raburn (4%), Charles Simonyi (1.5%), Gordon Letwin (1.5%).
- 1993 - IBM announces the Power Personal System Division.
- 1999 - In San Jose, California, Apple Computer files a lawsuit against Future Power and parent company Daewoo over the recently introduced E-Power personal computer that looks nearly identical to the Apple iMac.
- 2002 - Apple Computer buys the Emagic company, maker of the Logic audio software.
- 2004 - Apple Computer stops taking orders for iMac G4 computers, with new iMac G5 computers to be introduced soon.
- 2005 - Microsoft and IBM settle legal claims arising from the US Justice Department's antitrust case against Microsoft in the mid-1990s. Microsoft agrees to pay IBM US$775 million cash and US$75 million in credit toward Microsoft software.
- 2010 - Comedy Central airs the Futurama TV show in the USA. An original Apple Macintosh appears.
- 1924 - Walt Disney hires Ubbe Iwwerks to the Disney Brothers Studio for US$40 per week.
- 1924 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice and the Dog Catcher to theaters.
- 1925 - Disney completes the 19th Alice Comedy film, Alice Picks the Champ.
- 1932 - Disney signs a merchandising arrangement with Herman Kay Kamen, making him the sole representative for the company. For the first US$100,000, Disney is to receive 50 percent of profits, then 50 percent for higher profits.
- 1933 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Gala Premiere is released to theaters. Minnie Mouse and Pluto also appear.
- 1933 - Kay Kamen signs his first big merchandising contract with Walt Disney Enterprises. Kamen would receive 40% of receipts on the first US$100,000, and 50% of receipts above that.
- 1966 - The Primeval World Diorama attraction opens on the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland.
- 1970 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Boatniks to theatres.
- 1975 - The WEDway PeopleMover opens in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1987 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Adventures in Babysitting to theaters in the US.
- 1988 - Touchstone/Warner releases the film Deadly Pursuit (Shoot to Kill in the US) in theaters in the UK.
- 1990 - The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle characters begin appearances at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme park at Walt Disney World.
- 1992 - The Home Delivery Service opens in Tokyo Disneyland.
- 1993 - The Tahitian Terrace in Adventureland at Disneyland re-opens as Aladdin's Oasis.
- 1994 - The EPCOT Outreach information area in Communicore West in Epcot closes.
- 1994 - In Epcot, Communicore is renamed Innoventions.
- 1994 - The Epcot Discovery Center information area opens in Epcot.
- 1994 - The Lion King Celebration parade begins at Disneyland.
- 1996 - The BoardWalk Resort opens at Walt Disney World. The BoardWalk Inn has 378 rooms, and the BoardWalk Villas has 532 rooms and a 20,000-square-foot convention center. Dining locations: Trattoria al Forna, Flying Fish, Big River Grille & Brewing Works, and Ample Hills Creamery. Nightclubs: Jellyrolls, Atlantic Dance Club, and ESPN Club. Others: BoardWalk Bakery.
- 1996 - The Atlantic Dance nightclub opens at the BoardWalk Resort at Walt Disney World.
- 1997 - The Commissary restaurant in Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World is renamed ABC Commissary.
- 1997 - The One Saturday Morning show opens in the ABC Sound Studio attraction in Disney-MGM Studios at Walt D|isney World.
- 1998 - The Gambia issues twenty postage stamps depicting scenes from the film Mulan.
- 1998 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Armageddon to theaters in the USA. The film is Disney's most expensive film ever made, at US$140 million.
- 1998 - The Disney Magic cruise ship, first of the Disney Cruise Line, departs from Venice, Italy.
- 2002 - Disney's Beach Club Villas resort opens at Walt Disney World.
- 2003 - The Goofy's Country Dancin' Jamboree show opens in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 2004 - The Villains Lair shop at Disneyland closes.
- 2010 - The film Captain EO re-opens at Tokyo Disneyland.
- 2011 - The Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta restaurant opens in Paradise Pier in Disney California Adventure. Formerly Pizza Oom Mow Mow.
- 2016 - Disney releases The BFG film in regular and 3-D to theaters in the USA.
- 1990 - At the Laguna Seca raceway in Monterey, California, round three of the SCCA Escort World Challenge Series is held.
- Finishing 5th is the Powell Motorsports #30 Corvette, driven by Claude Poirier and Peter Lockhart.
- Finishing 6th is the Bakeracing Corvette, driven by Luis Sanchez and Bobby Carradine.
- Finishing 7th is the Morrison Racing #98 Corvette, driven by John Heinricy and Stu Hayner.
- Finishing 8th is the Bakeracing Corvette, driven by Kem Baker and Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 9th is the Morrison Racing #97 Corvette, driven by Andy Pilgrim and Leighton Reese.
- Finishing 10th is the Bakeracing Corvette, driven by Ken Wallace Jr. and Jim Minnekar.
- Finishing 12th is the Rippie Racing Corvette, driven by Boris Said.
- 2000 - Corvette brand manager Jim Campbell is promoted, and replaced by Rick Baldick.
- 2003 - Gambia issues five postage stamps depicting Chevrolet Corvettes: 1960 Shark, 1964 convertible, 1956, 1967, 1964.
- 2003 - The Grenadines of Saint Vincent - Bequia issues five postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of Corvette, depicting 1954, 1957, 1964, 1988, 1989 Corvette models.
- 2003 - The Grenadines of Saint Vincent - Mustique issues five postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of Corvette, depicting 1960 Shark, 1988, 1956, 1967, 1964 Corvette models.
- 2006 - At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lakeville, Connecticut, the New England Grand Prix race is held, round four of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 (33/1000th behind 1st), 5th overall, is the #3 Corvette C6-R, driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 4th in GT1 class, 15th overall, is the #4 Corvette C6-R, driven by Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin.
- 2018 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race is held, round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 2nd in GT Le Mans class and 14th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 5th in GT Le Mans class and 17th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin.
- 1939 - At wedding of Princess Irene of Greece, Duke of Kent informs cousin Prince Philipp von Hessen of Germany to convey message to Adolf Hitler that if Germany invades Poland, Great Britain would declare war on Germany.
- 1940 - Winston Churchill writes to Josef Stalin, warning him of Adolf Hitler's intentions for an invasion of the USSR.
- 1940 - The French government of Marshal Pétain moves to Vichy as the Government of Unoccupied France.
- 1940 - British Admiralty issues orders to its Mediterranean forces to prepare Operation Catapult for July 3, to destroy any French ships whose crews did not disable them.
- 1940 - (evening) British Bomber Command planes drop their for 2,000-pound bombs, against the German warship Scharnhorst at Kiel.
- 1941 - The Soviet Union government declares it would apply the international law of war, especially the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907 and the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War.
- 1941 - (evening) 52 British Wellington bombers attack the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen at Brest, with one hit doing serious damage.
- 1942 - In North Africa, Axis forces attack the defensive line before El Alamein, but cannot get past a defensive box defended by the 18th Indian Brigade until evening.
- 1942 - In Canada, the War Cabinet Committee approves the organization of a parachute battalion.
- 1944 - A the headquarters of Gerd von Rundstedt in Paris, France, he receives orders from Adolf Hitler that present positions are to be held. Rundstedt replies to a staff officer at Hitler's headquarters that this cannot be done, and says "Make peace, you fools".
- 1983 - Cinematronics releases Dragon's Lair to arcade centers. It is the first laser-disc based coin-operated arcade game. Cost per play is 50-cents. Advanced Microcomputer Systems designed the game, with animation provided by Don Bluth Animations. Cost to purchase a machine is about US$4300.
- 1999 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Snap video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US. Price is US$49.95.
- 2010 - Comedy Central airs the Futurama TV show in the USA. The Space Invaders video game is played on an "eye phone".
- 1709 - At the intersection of the Vorskla and Dnieper rivers, the Swedish army of 15,000, under command of Lewenhaupt, surrenders to a small Russian cavalry force.
- 1806 - King Gustav IV Adolf offers Gotland to the Knights of Malta, who had been expelled from Malta by Napoleon. They reject his offer.
- 2001 - A new law takes effect, allowing Swedish citizens to hold citizenship of another country as well.
- 1858 - The first coins for the Province of Canada are minted in England, in denominations of 1c, 5c, 10c, and 20c. The obverse design of the 1 cent piece was originally intended for use on English coinage, but was rejected, due to its similarity to the bronze coinage of Emperor Napoleon III of France.
- 1871 - The Uniform Currency Act comes into effect, establishing the decimal currency system uniformly across Canada.
- 1911 - A proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins.
- 1990 - Dollar coins with the new de Pedery-Hunt effigy are presented to the Queen.
- 1992 - The circulating dollar coin commemorating Canada's 125th anniversary (showing the parliament buildings) is issued.
- 1999 - The Royal Canadian Mint launches the July 1999 25-cent Millenium coin entitled A Nation of People.
- 2000 - In Toronto, the Royal Canadian Mint introduces a Millenium circulating $2 coin, entitled Path of Knowledge. It depicts a mother polar bear and two cubs, designed by Tony Bianco.
- 2002 - The Royal Canadian Mint begins releasing to circulation the 2002 25c celebrating 135 years of Canada.
- 1793 - The US Mint Act of 1793 goes into effect.
- 1793 - US Mint suspends coinage of cents depicting Liberty with flowing hair.
- 1835 - Robert Maskell Patterson becomes Mint director.
- 1889 - US mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens.
- 1980 - The GSA begins receiving mail bids for final 54,820 Carson City mint silver dollars; dates are 1880, 1881, and 1885; minimum bid is $180.
- 1859 - First intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32.
- 1893 - San Francisco Bay City Club opens first US bicycle race track, made of wood.
- 1904 - (to November 23) The Games of the III Olympiad are held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- 1917 - Cincinnati Reds' Fred Toney pitches complete doubleheader victories over Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 1920 - Washington Senators' Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0.
- 1931 - Philadelphia Phillies' Chuck Klein hits for the cycle versus Chicago Cubs.
- 1951 - Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller third no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 2-1.
- 1973 - First US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61.
- 1977 - Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon's women's singles.
- 1980 - Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo, Norway.
- 1983 - The 1983 World University Games, also known as Universiade '83, opens in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- 1987 - WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN, becomes first 24 hour all sports radio.
- 1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to form the WLAF.
- 2018 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race is held, round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the JDC-Miller MotorSports #99 ORECA LMP2 driven by Stephen Simpson, Chris Miller, and Misha Goikhberg.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 13th overall is the Ford Chip Gahassi Racing #66 Ford GT driven by Dirk Mueller and Joey Hand.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 20th overall is the Turner Motorsport #96 BMW M6 GT3 driven by Markus Palttala, Don Yount, and Dillon Machavern.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats San Francisco Giants by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Diego Padres by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Seattle Mariners by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Baltimore Orioles by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Colorado Rockies by score 9-3.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Los Angeles Angels by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Detroit Tigers by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Texas Rangers by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 19-2.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Cincinnati Reds by score 9-1.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Washington Nationals by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 9-2.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Boston Red Sox by score 6-5.
- 1847 - Amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers second asteroid Hebe.
- 1884 - V Knorre discovers asteroid #238 Hypatia.
- 1933 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1590 Tsiolkovskaja.
- 1975 - Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2680.
- 1982 - Kosmos 1383, first search and rescue satellite, launched.
- 2004 - The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrives at Saturn.
- 2009 - An Ariane 5 rocket launches from French Guiana, carrying TerreStar-1, the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite. The TerreStar Networks' satellite will provide voice, messaging and data connections to the North American market.
- 1795 - John Rutledge becomes second chief justice of US Supreme Court.
- 1805 - An Act of Congress creates the Territory of Michigan.
- 1805 - An Act of Congress makes the District of Louisiana the Territory of Louisiana.
- 1834 - Levi Woodbury takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1835 - Robert Maskell Patterson becomes Mint director.
- 1836 - US Congress accepts the bequest of deceased British scientist James Smithson, to use his donation of 100,000 gold sovereigns (converted to US$508,318 in US coins) to establish the Smithsonian Institution.
- 1845 - US postal rates are standardized on 5 cents per a half-ounce letter for under 300 miles, and 10 cents for anything over.
- 1847 - First US postage stamps go on sale in New York City: 5-cent Benjamin Franklin and 10-cent George Washington. Franklin is the first person in the world other than a head of state to appear on a stamp.
- 1862 - US Congress outlaws polygamy.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln appoints Isaac Newton as Secretary of Agriculture.
- 1862 - Day seven of the Seven Days - Battle of Malvern Hill.
- 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins in Pennsylvania, as a Confederate division under General Henry Heth clashes with three brigades of USA cavalry.
- 1863 - Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3 cents per ounce.
- 1869 - US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens.
- 1874 - First US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000.
- 1881 - The world's first international telephone call takes place between Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
- 1885 - Domestic letter rate in the USA set to 2 cents per ounce.
- 1889 - Frederick Douglass named US Minister to Haiti.
- 1891 - US Weather Bureau formally established under Department of Agriculture.
- 1893 - San Francisco Bay City Club opens first US bicycle race track, made of wood.
- 1894 - Bureau of Engraving and Pringing begins producing all US postage stamps.
- 1898 - Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill.
- 1902 - US Congress establishes a Mint at Manilla for the Philippines.
- 1917 - Race riots in East Saint Louis, Illinois, USA; 40 to 200 reported killed.
- 1919 - US domestic letter rate postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents with removal of the war tax.
- 1922 - Congress extends national bank charters by 99 years.
- 1924 - Regular transcontinental airmail service established, New York City to San Francisco.
- 1931 - Ice vending machines introduced in Los Angeles; 25 pounds for 15 cents.
- 1931 - Boeing Air Transport begin service (later called United Airlines).
- 1932 - New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt nominated for president at the Democratic Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1934 - First x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York.
- 1941 - First commercial TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) and WCBW (CBS), New York City.
- 1944 - Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
- 1946 - US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion).
- 1961 - Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii, USA.
- 1963 - US Post Office Department institutes the "zip" (Zone Improvement Plan) code. The first digit is the geographic area, next two for sectional centers, final two for specific post office.
- 1966 - Construction crews in San Francisco begin tearing up Market Steet to build BART.
- 1966 - Medicare goes into effect in the USA.
- 1968 - US, Britain, USSR and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
- 1971 - The US Post Office Department becomes the US Postal Service.
- 1972 - Ms. magazine begins publishing.
- 1973 - The Trilateral Commission is founded, with David Rockefeller as chairman, and Zbigniew Brzezinski as North American director.
- 1978 - Former US President Richard Nixon makes first public speech since resigning in 1974.
- 1981 - Laurel Canyon California murders (four die, one wounded).
- 1982 - 2100 Unification Church couples marry in New York City.
- 1983 - Cinematronics releases Dragon's Lair to arcade centers in the USA. It is the first laser-disc-based coin-operated arcade game. Cost per play is 50-cents. Advanced Microcomputer Systems designed the game, with animation provided by Don Bluth Animations.
- 1985 - In the USA, regular leaded gasoline at public pumps can only include 0.5 grams of lead per gallon.
- 1987 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork, a controversial conservative judge and legal scholar, to the U.S. Supreme Court (rejected by the Senate in October).
- 2008 - The Starbucks coffee company announces it will close an additional 500 stores in the USA, on top of 100 already announced.
- 2009 - Crabtree & Evelyn of Connecticut, USA files for bankruptcy protection.
- 2009 - Shares of American International Group drop 22 percent, following shareholder approval of a 1-for-20 reverse stock split, and after the New York Stock Exchange accidentally announced the suspension and delisting of the stock.
Other history:
- 1690 - Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (Now celebrated on July 12 as "The Battle of the Orange").
- 1847 - First USA postage stamps go on sale, 5-cents Franklin and 10-cents Washington.
- 1867 - Dominion of Canada formed (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec).
- 1873 - Prince Edward Island becomes seventh Canadian province.
- 1904 - Third modern Olympic games open in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
- 1941 - Bulova Watch Company pays $9 for first ever network TV commercial.
- 1967 - Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album goes #1 for 15 weeks.
- 1968 - USA, United Kingdom, USSR and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
- 1997 - China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong.
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