Once Upon A Time – July 7 – 1946 – 39th US President Jimmy Carter (21) Weds Rosalynn Smith (18)

1520 Battle of Otumba, Mexico: Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalans defeat a numerically superior Aztec force

1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash at the Marco Polo Bridge, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War

1947 Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident

2004 levels of aid to Africa from US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010

2005 Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London’s public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700

2005 Influenced by global Live 8 concerts, G8 leaders pledge to double

MORE HISTORICAL EVENTS

JUL 7 IN FILM & TV

1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)

JUL 7 IN MUSIC

1990 1st ‘Three Tenors’ concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome; recording becomes world’s best-selling classical record

JUL 7 IN SPORT

1990 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th Wimbledon singles title beating American Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1

MORE FACTS

1928 Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.

1802 1st comic book “The Wasp” is published in Hudson, New York criticizing Republican politicians

FAMOUS WEDDINGS

1932 Author Damon Runyon (51) weds Patrice Amati del Grande

1946 39th US President Jimmy Carter (21) weds Rosalynn Smith (18) in Plains, Georgia

1970 Actress Shelley Duvall (21) weds Bernard Sampson