Today in History

1 July

255 births · 116 deaths · 99 events recorded

Notable Births

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Daniela Avanzini

b. 2004

American singer and dancer (born 2004)

Tate McRae

b. 2003

Canadian singer and dancer (born 2003)

Storm Reid

b. 2003

American actress (born 2003)

Chosen Jacobs

b. 2001

American actor

Lalu Muhammad Zohri

b. 2000

Indonesian sprinter

Pamela Anderson

b. 1967

Canadian-American actress and model (born 1967)

Ignaz Semmelweis

b. 1818

Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

b. 1646

German polymath (1646–1716)

Notable Deaths

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Alex Delvecchio

d. 2025

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1931–2025)

Jimmy Swaggart

d. 2025

American television evangelist (1935–2025)

Ismail Kadare

d. 2024

Albanian writer (1936–2024)

Robert Towne

d. 2024

American screenwriter, producer, director and actor (1934–2024)

Dilano van 't Hoff

d. 2023

Dutch racing driver (2004–2023)

Marlon Brando

d. 2004

American actor (1924–2004)

Edward Dmytryk

d. 1999

American film director (1908–1999)

Tanya Savicheva

d. 1944

Russian diarist and victim of the Siege of Leningrad

On This Day in History

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2024

At the centennial ceremony of the Dominion of Newfoundland National War Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission allowed an unprecedented second Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldier was entombed in the memorial at this ceremony.

National War Memorial (Newfoundland)