1916 - First day of the First Battle of the Somme. On this first day, 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed, and 40,000 wounded. Lasts until November; about one million casualties.
2002 - A Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over southern Germany, killing 71.
2003 - 500,000 people take part in a march in Hong Kong to protest, amongst other things, the government's handling of the plans to implement a new anti-subversion law required under Article 23 of Hong Kong's Basic Law.
2004 - Saturn Orbit Insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UT and ends at 02:48 UT.
On July 1, 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his volunteer cavalry, the Rough Riders, stormed Kettle Hill, then joined in the capture of the San Juan Hill complex.
On July 1, 1847, the United States Post Office issued its first stamps, a five-cent stamp honoring Benjamin Franklin and a ten-cent stamp honoring George Washington.
As many of you already know, July1st of each year is the first official date that a college baseball coach can contact a prospective student-athlete, by telephone.
"It's after July the 1st and my son has not received ANY phone calls." Most go on to further explain that their son has received many letters (insert number here) and that several coaches expressed great interest in those letters.
Here are the real facts regarding July1st -- For the sake of this article let's say that there are 200 college programs (NCAA DI, upper level NCAA DII and NAIA) that work hard starting on July1st, each summer.
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