July 1

July 1 is the 182nd day of the year, 183 days remaining

1870 - The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence

1966 - First colour television transmission in Canada, from Toronto

1990 - East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany

1991 - The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague

1993 - 1 second is added to the clock

1997 - The People's Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule

Birthday

1646 - Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematicia
Inventor of the binary system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Leibniz

1818 - Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis

1906 - Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A9e_Lauder_%28person%29

1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales

1967 - Pamela Anderson, Canadian model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Anderson

1977 - Liv Tyler, American actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Tyler